Chemical contaminants in breast milk and their impacts on children's health: An overview

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Landrigan, Philip J ^a   Sonawane, Babasaheb ^b   Mattison, Donald ^b   McCally, Michael ^c   Garg, Anjali ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Breast feeding; Chemical contaminants; Children's health

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; PROTEIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT NUTRITION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036079503     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.021100313     Document Type: Article

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