Visual Acuity Development and Fatty Acid Composition of Erythrocytes in Full-Term Infants Fed Breast Milk, Commercial Formula, or Evaporated Milk

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-17

  Courage, Mary L ^a   Mccloy, Ursula R ^a   Herzberg, Gene R ^a   Andrews, Wayne L ^a   Simmons, Brian S ^a   Mcdonald, Allison C ^a   Mercer, Claude N ^a   Friel, James K ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaporated milk; Full term infants; n 3 fatty acids; n 6 fatty acids; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; MILK; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031989818     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-199802000-00002     Document Type: Article

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