Ascorbic acid levels in maternal milk: Differences with respect to ascorbic acid status during the third trimester of pregnancy

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 431-437

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Hospital INSALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Lactation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LACTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 0031896862     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19980073     Document Type: Article

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