Breast milk contamination in Kazakhstan: Implications for infant feeding

Chemosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 9-12, 1998, Pages 1761-1772

  Lutter, C ^a   Iyengar, V ^b   Barnes, R ^c   Chuvakova, T ^d   Kazbekova, G ^d   Sharmanov, T ^e  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b Biomineral Sci International Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^e Institute of Nutrition   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CESIUM 137; CHLORPHENOTANE; METAL; MILK FAT; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; INFANT FEEDING; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KAZAKHSTAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK LEVEL; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HEALTH; HUMAN MILK; INFANT NUTRITION; INGREDIENTS AND CHEMICALS; KAZAKHSTAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL PHYSIOLOGY; NEW INDEPENDENT STATES; NUTRITION; PESTICIDES; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; WESTERN ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENZOFURANS; BREAST FEEDING; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; KAZAKHSTAN; METALS, HEAVY; MILK, HUMAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

KAZAKHSTAN;

EID: 0032192194     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00241-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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