Breast-feeding protects against arsenic exposure in Bangladeshi infants

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 963-969

  Fängström, Britta ^a   Moore, Sophie ^b   Nermell, Barbro ^a   Kuensti, Linda ^c   Goessler, Walter ^c   Grandér, Margaretha ^a   Kabir, Iqbal ^d   Palm, Brita ^a   El Arifeen, Shams ^d   Vahter, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic blood; Breast milk; Drinking water; Infants; Saliva; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; METHYLATION; MILK LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; TOXICOKINETICS; URINE LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BREAST FEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; SALIVA; URINALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 46749087501     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11094     Document Type: Article

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