Exposure of babies to C15-C45 mineral paraffins from human milk and breast salves

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-325

  Noti, Anja ^a   Grob, Koni ^a   Biedermann, Maurus ^a   Deiss, Ursula ^a   Brüschweiler, Beat J ^b  

^a Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast care products; Exposure of babies; Mineral paraffins; Residues in human milk

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; COSMETIC; FOOD ADDITIVE; MINERAL OIL;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOTION; MILK LEVEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OINTMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; ANIMAL; BREAST; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION; FISCHER 344 RAT; INFANT; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; SECRETION; SWITZERLAND;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BREAST; BREAST FEEDING; COSMETICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MILK, HUMAN; MINERAL OIL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OINTMENTS; PARAFFIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0242624529     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-2300(03)00098-9     Document Type: Article

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