Arsenic, cadmium, lead, and aluminium concentrations in human milk at early stages of lactation

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 127-134

  Chao, Hai Hsuan ^a   Guo, Chih Hung ^b   Huang, Chung Bin ^a   Chen, Pei Chung ^b   Li, Hsiu Chuan ^b   Hsiung, Der Yun ^b   Chou, Yu Kung ^a  

^a KUANG TIEN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

aluminium; arsenic; cadmium; human milk; lead

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; HEAVY METAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EARLY MATURE MILK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNITY WARD; MATURE MILK; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SHELLFISH; TAIWAN; TRANSITIONAL MILK; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BREAST FEEDING; CADMIUM; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 84899459226     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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