Protein requirements of infants and children

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Dewey, K G ^a   Beaton, G ^b   Fjeld, C ^c   Lonnerdal B ^a   Reeds, P ^d   Brown, K H ^a   Heinig, M J ^a   Ziegler, E ^e   Raiha N C R ^f   Axelsson, I E M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Catch up growth; Diet quality; Nitrogen; Nutrition; Protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MILK PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; METABOLISM; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACIDS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 13344282098     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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