Moderate zinc and vitamin A deficiency in breast milk of mothers from East-Jakarta

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 884-890

  Gross, R ^a   Hansel H ^b   Schultink, W ^b   Shrimpton, R ^c   Matulessi, P ^d   Gross, G ^e   Tagliaferri, E ^e   Sastroamdijojo, S ^f  

^a Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d Faculty of Medicine   (Indonesia)

^e NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Anemia; Breast milk; Infants; Retinol; Zinc; carotene; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDONESIA; LACTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TIME; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0032428622     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600660     Document Type: Article

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