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. 2016 Jul 4;8(7):191. doi: 10.3390/toxins8070191

Table 12.

Data on OTA in human milk worldwide.

Country n n+ (%) Range Positive Samples (ng/L) References
European countries
Germany 36 11 17–30 [330]
Italy 50 18 1,200–6,600 [332]
Sweden 40 58 10–40 [331]
Hungary 92 41 200–7,200 [255]
Switzerland 40 10 5–14 [105]
Italy 111 20 100–12,000 [334]
Italy 4 75 8-540 [335]
Norway 115 33 10–130 [336]
Norway 80 21 10–182 [333]
Italy 231 86 10–57 [337]
Poland 13 38 6–17 [338]
Italy 82 74 5–405 [339]
Slovakia 76 30 2–60 [340]
Italy 57 78.9 1–75 [341]
Germany 90 60 10–100 [342]
Africa
Sierra Leone 113 35 200–337,000 [343]
Egypt 120 36 5,000–45,000 [344]
Egypt 50 72 1,890 ± 980 * [345]
Australia 100 2 3,000–3,600 [346]
Asia
Turkey 75 100 620–13,111 [347]
Iran 136 2.7 90–140 [348]
Iran 87 84 1.6–60 [349]
The Americas
Brazil 50 4 10–20 [350]
Chile 11 100 44–184 [351]
Brazil 224 0 [352]
Chile 50 80 10–186 [239]
Brazil 100 66 0.3–21 [353]

*: no ranges were provided.