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Are US adults with low-exposure to methylmercury at increased risk for depression? A study based on 2011–2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES)

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-020-01592-9

Published Online: 2020-10-26

Published Print: 2021-04

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Rossa-Roccor, Verena https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3817-8130
Karim, M. Ehsan
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Received: 4 February 2020

Accepted: 9 October 2020

First Online: 26 October 2020

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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

: This research made use of an existing, anonymized, publicly available dataset and did thus not seek informed consent from participants specifically. However, when data were first collected, informed consent was collected from the participants who were “assured that data collected will be used only for stated purposes and will not be disclosed or released to others without the consent of the individual or the establishment in accordance with Sect. 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m).” ().

: Ethics approval for this study using publicly available NHANES data was covered by item 7.10.3 in University of British Columbia’s Policy #89: Research and Other Studies Involving Human Subjects (Board of Governors ) and Article 2.2 in the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS 2; Government of Canada ).

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