Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals
Initiatives
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To measure the extent to which pregnant women and their babies are exposed to environmental chemicals, as well as tobacco smoke.
To assess what health risks, if any, are linked to exposure to increased levels of environmental chemicals
To measure the levels of environmental chemicals and nutritional factors in human milk collect small amounts of body fluids from consenting participants to store in the MIREC biobank for further research on: pregnancy, fetal growth, health of mother and child.
- Start Year
- 2007
- Funding
- Health Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Ontario Ministry of the Environment
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Followed up them at each trimester and at birth.With the completion of the MIREC and MIREC-ID studies, a new follow-up study started in 2012. This study, also funded by Health Canada, is called MIREC-CD3, standing for Child Development at age 3, 5 years, 7 years and 9 years old.
- Supplementary Information
- https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/environmental-workplace-health/environmental-contaminants/human-biomonitoring-environmental-chemicals/maternal-infant-research-environmental-chemicals-mirec-study.html
Marker Paper
Arbuckle TE, Fraser WD, Fisher M, et al. Cohort profile: the maternal-infant research on environmental chemicals research platform. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2013;27(4):415-425. doi:10.1111/ppe.12061
PUBMED 23772943
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Families
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 2,000
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Pregnant women and their infants from 10 Canadian cities.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://www.mirec-canada.ca/en/