Polyunsaturated fatty acids in the diet and breast milk of lactating Icelandic women with traditional fish and cod liver oil consumption

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-276

  Olafsdottir, A S ^a,b,c   Thorsdottir, I ^a   Wagner, K H ^b   Elmadfa, I ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cod liver oil; Fatty acids; Human milk; Maternal intake

Indexed keywords

COD LIVER OIL; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ICELAND; INFANT NUTRITION; LACTATION; LIPID DIET; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLING;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COD LIVER OIL; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; LACTATION; MENTAL RECALL; MILK, HUMAN; SEAFOOD;

EID: 33744818156     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091685     Document Type: Article

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