Seasonal and environmental effects on breast milk fatty acids in Burkina Faso and the need to improve the omega 3 PUFA content

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1388-1393

  Thiombiano Coulibaly, N ^a,b   Rocquelin, G ^b   Eymard Duvernay, S ^b   Kiffer Nunes, J ^b   Tapsoba, S ^c   Traore S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Breast milk fatty acids; Burkina Faso; Infant development; Omega 3 PUFA deficiency

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; BURKINA FASO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BURKINA FASO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPIDS; MILK, HUMAN; SEASONS;

EID: 1642452982     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250310006034     Document Type: Article

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