Infants' exposure to aluminum from vaccines and breast milk during the first 6 months

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 598-601

  Dórea, José G ^a,b   Marques, Rejane C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

adjuvant; aluminum; breast milk; ethylmercury; infants; thimerosal; vaccine

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MERCURY; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; NEWBORN;

ALUMINUM; BREAST FEEDING; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MERCURY; MILK, HUMAN; VACCINES;

EID: 77958472987     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2009.64     Document Type: Article

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