Alberta Biomonitoring Program: Chemicals in Serum of Pregnant Women and Children in Alberta

Contents & fields

This dataset includes serum chemical concentration data from three studies (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3). For Phases 1 and 2, results for each chemical are presented in a single column (whole serum or lipid-adjusted concentrations), each row provides mean concentration and standard error for replicate pools in Age+Region groups, with supplementary rows for LOD/LOQ and Comments. For Phase 3, results for each chemical are presented in up to 8 columns (age-weighted and age-and-geography-weighted means with 95% CIs), each row provides mean concentration and 95% CI, with supplementary rows for LOD/LOQ, Report Status, and Comments. The dataset includes 6 XLSX files: Phase 1 and 2 column descriptions, Phase 3 column descriptions, Phase 3 women and umbilical cord blood data, Phase 2 children serum data, Phase 1 pregnant women serum data, and original metadata HTML.

• Mean concentration——Mean concentration of replicate pools
• Standard error of measurement——Standard error of measurement for replicate pools (Phases 1 and 2)
• 95% confidence intervals (CIs)——95% confidence intervals for means (Phase 3)
• Limit of Detection/Limit of Quantification (LOD/LOQ)——Limit of detection/limit of quantification
• Report Status——Report status (Yes: ≥25% of pooled samples had detectable concentrations; No: <25%)
• Comments——Comments

Research uses

This dataset can be used for environmental health research to assess exposure levels of environmental chemicals in pregnant women and children in Alberta, establish baselines for tracking future exposure trends, and support health risk assessment and exposure source identification.

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