Vitamin A status during the third trimester of pregnancy in Spanish women: Influence on concentrations of vitamin A in breast milk

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 564-568

  Ortega, Rosa M ^a   Andrés, Pedro ^b   Martínez, Rosa M ^b   López Sobaler, Ana M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lactation; Mature breast milk; Pregnancy; Serum concentration; Spain; Transitional breast milk; Vitamin A; Women

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SPAIN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0030860310     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.3.564     Document Type: Article

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