Toxic metals in breast milk samples from Ankara, Turkey: Assessment of lead, cadmium, nickel, and arsenic levels

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-122

  Gürbay, Aylin ^a   Charehsaz, Mohammad ^b   Eken, Ayśe ^c,d   Sayal, Ahmet ^c   Girgin, Gözde ^a   Yurdakök, Murat ^a   Yiǧit, Şule ^a   Erol, Dilek Demir ^b   Şahin, Gönül ^a,e   AydIn, Ahmet ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Atomic absorption spectrometry; Breast milk; Cadmium; Lead; Nickel

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; NICKEL;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CADMIUM POISONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LEAD POISONING; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NICKEL POISONING; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; LEAD; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MILK, HUMAN; NICKEL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TURKEY;

EID: 84866096890     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9400-2     Document Type: Article

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