Fatty acid composition of the milk lipids of women in Nepal

Nutrition Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1339-1348

  Schmeits, Barbara L ^a   Cook, Julia A ^a   Vanderjagt, Dorothy J ^a   Magnussen, Margaret A ^b   Bhatt, Shree Krishna ^c   Bobik Jr , Emil G ^d   Huang, Yung Sheng ^d   Glew, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b United States Peace Corps   (Nepal)

^c Public Health Clinic   (Nepal)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential fatty acids; Fulani; Human milk; Lactation; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MILK FAT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM;

EID: 0033199548     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(99)00091-3     Document Type: Article

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