Arsenic, lead, mercury and cadmium: Toxicity, levels in breast milk and the risks for breastfed infants

Environmental Research

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 671-688

  Rebelo, Fernanda Maciel ^a   Caldas, Eloisa Dutra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Breast milk; Cadmium; Lead; Mercury; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; WATER; POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BREASTFEEDING; CADMIUM; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; INFANT FEEDING; LACTATION; LEAD; MATERNAL HEALTH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RISK ASSESSMENT;

BREAST MILK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANALYSIS; BREAST FEEDING; CHEMISTRY; CHILD HEALTH; INFANT; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

ARSENIC; BREAST FEEDING; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT HEALTH; LEAD; MERCURY; MILK, HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84989812846     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.08.027     Document Type: Review

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