Breast milk immune factors in Bangladeshi women supplemented postpartum with retinol or β-carotene

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 953-958

  Filteau, Suzanne M ^a   Rice, Amy L ^b   Ball, Jennifer J ^b   Chakraborty, J ^b   Stoltzfus, Rebecca ^b   De Francisco, Andres ^b   Willumsen, Juana F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Breast milk; Immunity; Inflammation; RETIBETA project; Retinol; Sodium; Vitamin A supplementation; Women; carotene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BETA CAROTENE; INTERLEUKIN 8; LACTOFERRIN; LYSOZYME; POTASSIUM; RETINOL; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MASTITIS; MILK LEVEL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0032913168     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.5.953     Document Type: Article

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