Breast milk retinol concentrations are not associated with systemic inflammation among breast-feeding women in Malawi

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-226

  Dancheck, Barbara ^a   Nussenblatt, Veronique ^a   Ricks, Michelle O ^a   Kumwenda, Newton ^b   Neville, Margaret C ^c   Moncrief, Dana T ^a   Taha, Taha E ^d   Semba, Richard D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Inflammation; Milk; Retinol; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OROSOMUCOID; RETINOL;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; PUERPERIUM; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 13244279399     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.2.223     Document Type: Article

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