Environmental chemicals in human milk: A review of levels, infant exposures and health, and guidance for future research

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 184-208

  LaKind, Judy S ^a,b   Amina Wilkins, A ^c   Berlin Jr , Cheston M ^b  

^a LaKind Associates LLC   (United States)

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

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drugs; Endogenous chemicals; Health effects; Human milk; Models; Persistent bioaccumulative chemicals; Pharmaceuticals; Technical Workshop on Human Milk Surveillance and Research for Environmental Chemicals in the United States; Trends

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; DIOXIN; FURAN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HORMONE; LIPID; MINERAL; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; VITAMIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLOSTRUM; DATA BASE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LACTATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242659295     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2003.08.021     Document Type: Review

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