Nutritional and biochemical properties of human milk, Part I: General aspects, proteins, and carbohydrates

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-333

  Kunz, C ^a   Rodriguez Palmero, M ^a   Koletzko, B ^a   Jensen, R ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CAROTENOID; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOSE; MILK FAT; MILK PROTEIN; MUCIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIABETES MELLITUS; FECES; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0033036618     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0095-5108(18)30055-1     Document Type: Review

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