In which regions is breast-feeding safer from the impact of toxic elements from the environment?

Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 234-239

  Cinar, Nursan ^a   Ozdemir, Sami ^a   Yucel, Oya ^b   Ucar, Fatma ^c  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Department of Nursing   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Environment; Milk elements; Toxic elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555183488     PISSN: 15128601     EISSN: 18404812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17305/bjbms.2011.2556     Document Type: Article

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