Lead concentrations in early human milk of urban and rural mothers

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 198-199

  Vavilis, D ^a,c   Bontis, J ^a   Agorastos, T ^a   Angelikakis, G ^b   Zournatzi, V ^a   Loufopoulos, A ^a   Constantinou, A ^a   Patsourou, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Heavy metals; Human milk; Lead

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREECE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LEAD; MILK, HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031441442     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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