Trace element transfer from the mother to the newborn - Investigations on triplets of colostrum, maternal and umbilical cord sera

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 486-494

  Krachler, M ^b   Rossipal, E ^c   Micetic Turk, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Colostrum; Mother; Newborn; Serum; Trace elements; Transfer; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CESIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LANTHANUM; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; RUBIDIUM; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD SERUM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA;

EID: 0033063617     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600781     Document Type: Article

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