Mercury concentration in breast milk and infant exposure assessment during the first 90 days of lactation in a Midwestern region of Brazil

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-37

  Da Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues ^a   Da Costa, Teresa Helena MacEdo ^a   Caldas, Eloisa Dutra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Breast milk; Food consumption; Infant exposure; Mercury

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MERCURY; NITRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH CONSUMPTION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAIN; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MERCURY EXPOSURE; LACTATION; MALE; MILK LEVEL; PROVISIONAL TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; DIET RECORDS; EATING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MERCURY; MILK, HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAFOOD; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871928245     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9542-2     Document Type: Article

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