The composition of polyunsaturated fatty acids in erythrocytes of lactating mothers and their infants

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-39

  Jørgensen, Marianne Hørby ^a   Nielsen, Pernille Kjær ^b   Michaelsen, Kim Fleischer ^b   Lund, Pia ^c   Lauritzen, Lotte ^b  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Breast feeding; Docosahexaenoic acid; Human milk; Infant; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LACTATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BRAIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MALE; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 33646714457     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2006.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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