Effect of the mother's consumption of traditional Chinese herbs on estimated infant daily intake of lead from breast milk

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 354, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 120-126

  Chien, Ling Chu ^a   Yeh, Ching Ying ^a   Lee, Hung Chang ^a,b   Jasmine Chao, Hsing ^a   Shieh, Ming Jer ^a   Han, Bor Cheng ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Daily lead intake; Hazard index; Traditional Chinese herbs

Indexed keywords

DAIRY PRODUCTS; HAZARDS; LEAD;

BREAST MILK; DAILY LEAD INTAKE; HAZARD INDEX (HI); HERBS;

HERBICIDES;

LEAD;

BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; FOOD CONSUMPTION;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHINESE HERB; COLOSTRUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD INTAKE; GEOMETRY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 30044441704     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.033     Document Type: Article

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