Accession Number:

ADA169051

Title:

A Guide to the Estimation of the Hazard Presented by Chemicals in Human Milk.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH LAB BROOKS AFB TX

Personal Author(s):

• Poitrast,Bruce J.
• Keller,William C.
• Elves,Robert G.

Report Date:

1985-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

28.0

Abstract:

This report is written in response to requests from the field for assistance in determining the risk presented by potential contamination of breast milk by the industrial environment. It includes a method for estimating the likelihood of contamination of breast milk by a given chemical and delineates a method for sampling breast milk if the estimating procedure indicates that a significant risk may exist.

Descriptors:

• *CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION
• *MAMMARY GLANDS
• *MILK
• *INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
• INDUSTRIES
• ENVIRONMENTS
• HAZARDS
• HUMANS
• CHEMICALS
• SAMPLING
• CONTAMINATION
• CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Food, Food Service and Nutrition
• Toxicology
• Environmental Health and Safety

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE