Low-level arsenic excretion in breast milk of native Andean women exposed to high levels of arsenic in the drinking water

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-46

  Concha, Gabriela ^a   Vogler, Gerardo ^b   Nermell, Barbro ^a   Vahter, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Hospital San Antonio de Los Cobres   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blood; Drinking water; Human milk; Nursing; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; BREAST MILK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXCRETION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARSENIC; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031886309     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050248     Document Type: Article

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