Cross-sectional assessment of infants' exposure to toxic metals through breast milk in a prospective cohort study of mining communities in Ghana

• Main Authors: David Kwaku Bansa (Author), Adolf Kofi Awua (Author), Rose Boatin (Author), Theodosia Adom (Author), Edward Christian Brown-Appiah (Author), Kennedy Kwame Amewosina (Author), Akusika Diaba (Author), Dominic Datoghe (Author), Wilhelmina Okwabi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although breastfeeding of infants is recommended globally, the fact that maternal toxic metal stores are mobilised into breast milk implies infants, whose mothers live and work in mining communities, are at risk of multiple exposure to mining related toxic metals, such as Lead (P...