Human milk fatty acids and growth of infants in Brazzaville (The Congo) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-247

  Rocquelin, G ^a   Tapsoba, S ^b   Kiffer, J ^a   Eymard Duvernay, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Dir Regionale de la Sante du itouet   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Human milk; Infant growth; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; BURKINA FASO; CHILD GROWTH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONGO; COVARIANCE; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK LEVEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BURKINA FASO; CONGO; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0038317946     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002420     Document Type: Article

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