Potentially Toxic Metal Levels in Breast Milk and Their Determinants Among Lactating Mothers of the DSAN-12 M Birth Cohort in the Reconcavo Baiano, Brazil.
Potentially toxic metals (PTMs) can be transferred from mothers to infants through breast milk (BM), representing an important route of early-life exposure. Although PTM concentrations in breast milk have been extensively investigated, relatively few studies have evaluated the environmental determinants associated with...