Overview
A single-author narrative review from the University of Baghdad on sources, toxicity and regulatory limits of heavy metals in milk and dairy products. Tables 2 to 6 compile lead, cadmium, nickel, cobalt and copper levels in milk reported by other studies between 2012 and 2018. The paper reports no measurements of its own.
Key numbers
- No original concentrations. Table 1 lists sources of each metal; Tables 2 to 6 quote prevalence figures from other papers.
Methods (brief)
Literature review; search method and inclusion criteria are not described.
Evidence Fitness
Context only (tier C). Quoted values belong to the primary studies and should be cited from those papers. The printed DOI (10.26505/DJM.24027530504) differs from the manifest DOI (10.26505/djm.v24i2.1008); the record uses the printed DOI. It does not measure half-and-half, skim milk or semi-skimmed milk.