Zinc levels in maternal milk: The influence of nutritional status with respect to zinc during the third trimester of pregnancy

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-258

  Ortega, R M ^a   Andres P ^a   Martinez R M ^b   Lopez Sobaler A M ^a   Quintas, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Hospital INSALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Lactation; Milk zinc; Parity; Pregnancy; Serum zinc; Zinc; Zinc intake

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BREAST MILK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SPAIN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030937960     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600393     Document Type: Article

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