Lead levels in milk and blood from donors to the Breast Milk Bank in Southern Brazil

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Koyashiki, Gina Ayumi Kobayashi ^a   Paoliello, Monica Maria Bastos ^a   Matsuo, Tiemi ^a   de Oliveira, Márcia Maria Benevenuto ^a   Mezzaroba, Leda ^a   de Fátima Carvalho, Maria ^b   Momoyo Sakuma, Alice ^b   Turini, Conceição ^a   Terezinha Oliveira Vannuchi, Marli ^a   Barbosa, Claudia Santiago Dias ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinic acid blood; Human milk analysis; Lead; Lead blood; Lead toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD;

BLOOD; BREASTFEEDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEAD; MILK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL AGE; MILK HYGIENE; MILK LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL; LONDRINA; PARANA;

EID: 77649231974     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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