Human milk research for answering questions about human health

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1771-1801

  Wang, Richard Y ^a   Bates, Michael N ^b   Goldstein, Daniel A ^c   Haynes, Suzanne G ^d   Hench, Karen D ^e   Lawrence, Ruth A ^f   Paul, Ian M ^g   Qian, Zhengmin ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^e HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^g PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 26944433133     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500226706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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