Oliveira, Nádia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1206-4015
Marcelino, Helena https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6218-6192
Azevedo, Regina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6633-3930
Verde, Ignacio https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3492-5725
Funding for this research was provided by:
Programa Operacional Temático Factores de Competitividade (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007491)
Article History
Received: 19 September 2022
Accepted: 3 November 2022
First Online: 16 November 2022
Change Date: 20 December 2022
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24808-6
Declarations
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: All procedures performed with umbilical cord samples were approved by the Ethics Committee of “Centro Hospitalar da Cova da Beira” (Covilhã, Portugal) according to Declaration of Helsinki guidelines. The umbilical cord pieces were collected at “Centro Hospitalar da Cova da Beira” (Covilhã, Portugal) from normal term pregnancies after vaginal delivery. According with the report of the Ethics Committee, the anonymity of the mothers/newborns was assured. In addition, to use the umbilical cord samples, the informed consent of the donner mothers was settled.
: All listed authors have read the manuscript and approved its submission to <i>Environmental Science and Pollution Research</i>: Nadia Oliveira, Helena Marcelino, Regina Azevedo, and Ignacio Verde.
: The authors declare no competing interests.