Amino acids in pediatric and neonatal nutrition

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-78

  Heird, William C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ADULT; BABY FOOD; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; REVIEW;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 0031598766     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075197-199801000-00012     Document Type: Article

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