Lead exposure during breastfeeding

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-516

  Choi, Jacquelyn ^a   Tanaka, Toshihiro ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a   Ito, Shinya ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; TAP WATER;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; MONITORING; MOTHER; SHORT SURVEY;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MILK, HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 42349093470     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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