Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "breast-feeding"

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    • Effect of breast milk lead on infant blood lead levels at 1 month of age 

      Ettinger, Adrienne S; Téllez-Rojo, Martha María; Amarasiriwardena, Chitra J.; Bellinger, David C.; Peterson, Karen E.; Schwartz, Joel David; Hu, Howard; Hernández-Avila, Mauricio (National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences, 2004)
      Nursing infants may be exposed to lead from breast milk, but relatively few data exist with which to evaluate and quantify this relationship. This route of exposure constitutes a potential infant hazard from mothers with ...

    • Levels of Lead in Breast Milk and Their Relation to Maternal Blood and Bone Lead Levels at One Month Postpartum. 

      Téllez-Rojo, Martha María; González-Cossío, Teresa; Aro, Antonio; Hu, Howard; Hernández-Avila, Mauricio; Ettinger, Adrienne S; Amarasiriwardena, Chitra J.; Peterson, Karen E. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2004)
      Despite the many well-recognized benefits of breast-feeding for both mothers and infants, detectable levels of lead in breast milk have been documented in population studies of women with no current environmental or ...