Low biotin content of infant formulas made in Japan

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 619-625

  Watanabe, Toshiaki ^a   Fukui, Torn ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Byotai Seiri Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biotin; Food additive; Infant formulas; Nursing of infants; Recommended Dietary Allowance

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; FOOD ADDITIVE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT FEEDING; JAPAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031812351     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652039809374689     Document Type: Article

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