Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Breast Milk of Saudi Women

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 21-37

  Al Saleh, Iman ^a   Shinwari, Neptune ^a   Mashhour, Abdullah ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Cadmium; Lead; Mercury; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATION; METAL TOLERANCE; MILK LEVEL; MINERAL INTAKE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CADMIUM; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN; SAUDI ARABIA;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS;

EID: 1642561885     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:96:1-3:21     Document Type: Article

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