The intake of selected toxic elements from milk in infants

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 6, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 627-632

  Ursinyova M ^a   Hladikova V ^a  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Cadmium; Infant formula; Lead; Mercury; Weekly intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030821312     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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