Evaluation of ochratoxin A level in human milk in Italy.
In order to estimate the incidence of ochratoxin A (OA) in biological fluids, a study was carried out to determine the concentration of OA in breast milk of donor mothers in Italy. Out of 111 samples, 22 were contaminated in the range 0.1-12 micrograms/kg.
Micco
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Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Laboratorio Alimenti, Rome, Italy.
Miraglia
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Brera
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Corneli
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S
Ambruzzi
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D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D009793:Ochratoxins / Q000032:analysis*
D009793:Ochratoxins; C025589:ochratoxin A