Mercury exposure, risk factors, and perceptions among women of childbearing age in an artisanal gold mining region of the Peruvian Amazon

Mercury exposure was widespread in women of childbearing age, a group of concern.

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Over one-fourth of participants consumed fish with high mercury contamination.

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Participants expressed worry about mercury; most had no knowledge of its effects.

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More mercury knowledge was associated with lower exposure.

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