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

• Үндсэн зохиолчид: David Kwaku Bansa (Зохиогч), Adolf Kofi Awua (Зохиогч), Rose Boatin (Зохиогч), Theodosia Adom (Зохиогч), Edward Christian Brown-Appiah (Зохиогч), Kennedy Kwame Amewosina (Зохиогч), Akusika Diaba (Зохиогч), Dominic Datoghe (Зохиогч), Wilhelmina Okwabi (Зохиогч)
• Формат: Ном
• Хэвлэсэн: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...