Long-term consumption of infant formulas containing live probiotic bacteria: Tolerance and safety

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-267

  Saavedra, Jose M ^a,b   Abi Hanna, Adel ^a   Moore, Nancy ^a   Yolken, Robert H ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Infant formula; Infants; Probiotics; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BODY GROWTH; COLIC; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABLE COLON; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; BABY FOOD; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GROWTH; INTESTINE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INTESTINES; MALE; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 1342328586     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.2.261     Document Type: Article

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