The heart of the matter on breastmilk and environmental chemicals: Essential points for healthcare providers and new parents

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-259

  Lakind, Judy S ^a,b,c   Berlin, Cheston M ^b   Mattison, Donald R ^d  

^a LaKind Associates LLC   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID FUNCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 57749090186     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2008.0121     Document Type: Review

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