Relationships of lead in breast milk to lead in blood, urine, and diet of the infant and mother

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 667-674

  Gulson, Brian L ^a,b   Jameson, C William ^c   Mahaffey, Kathryn R ^d   Mizon, Karen J ^a,b   Patison, Nicole ^b   Law, Alistair J ^b   Korsch, Michael J ^b   Salter, Mary A ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Breast milk; Infant; Intake; Isotopes; Lead; Mother; Urine

Indexed keywords

LEAD; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BONE; BREAST MILK; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOTHER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE;

EID: 0032408310     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106667     Document Type: Article

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