The effect of Pretoria Pasteurization on bacterial contamination of hand-expressed human breastmilk

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 240-244

  Jeffery, B S ^a   Soma Pillay, P ^a   Makin, J ^b   Moolman, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Strategies Research Unit   (South Africa)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREAST MILK; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; FREEZING; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LACTATION; MATERNITY WARD; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; POSTNATAL CARE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOUTH AFRICA;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MILK, HUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; STERILIZATION;

EID: 0041633686     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.4.240     Document Type: Article

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