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Scott M. Arnold, PhD, Tracey V. Lynn, DVM, MS, Lori A. Verbrugge, PhD and John P. Middaugh, MD

At the time this article was written, all the authors were with the Alaska Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, Anchorage, Alaska.

View larger version (22K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 1—— The community residences (n = 34) of pregnant women (n = 150) and women of childbearing age (n = 52) who participated in the Alaska Statewide Maternal Hair Mercury Biomonitoring Program.

View larger version (9K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 2—— The frequency distribution of hair total mercury levels among pregnant women (n = 150 [white bars]; median = 0.47 mg/kg) statewide and women of childbearing age (n = 52 [black bars]; median = 0.64 mg/kg) who participated in the Alaska Statewide Maternal Hair Mercury Biomonitoring Program, June 4, 2002–December 31, 2003. Note. The outlying value of approximately 180 mg/kg (on far right) was excluded from statistical analysis (see Results, first paragraph).