Copper, iron, and zinc contents in human milk during the first three months of lactation: A longitudinal study

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Silvestre, Dolores ^a   Martìnez Costa, Cecilia ^b   Lagarda, M Jesus ^b   Brines, Juan ^b   Farré, Rosaura ^b   Clemente, Gonzalo ^c  

^a Cardenal Herrera University   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Copper; Human milk; Iron; Lactation; Trace elements; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PUERPERIUM;

COLOSTRUM; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MILK, HUMAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 0035020026     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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