The Fatty Acid Composition of Human Milk in Northern Nigeria

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-35

  Okolo, Seline N ^a   VanderJagt, Timothy J ^b   Vu, Trang ^c   VanderJagt, Thomas A ^d   VanderJagt, Dorothy J ^a   Okonji, Maria ^a   Huang, Y S ^e   Chuang, Lu Te ^e   Onwuanaku, Carol ^a   Glew, Robert H ^e  

^a Div of Oral and Maxillofacial Surg   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Intermediate chain length fatty acids; Nigeria; Serum phospholipids; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLENIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; TIME;

ADULT; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BREAST FEEDING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; NIGERIA; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034139776     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089033440001600106     Document Type: Article

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