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SUBMITTER: Olowoyo JO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8464967 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Olowoyo Joshua O JO Macheka Linda R LR Mametja Phiona M PM
International journal of environmental research and public health 20210916 18
While breast milk is the recommended food for infants up to at least six months, exogenously derived compounds such as trace elements have been widely reported in human milk which may make it become toxic or a source of pollutants to the infants. Numerous short- and long-term health effects have been associated with high body-burdens of trace elements, which are amplified in infants. The current study determined the levels and possible contributing factors of six trace elements in breast milk of ...[more]