Folate and cobalamin status in relation to breastfeeding and weaning in healthy infants

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-114

  Hay, Gry ^a   Johnston, Carole ^b   Whitelaw, Andrew ^c   Trygg, Kerstin ^a   Refsum, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; COBALAMIN DERIVATIVE; FOLIC ACID; HAPTOCORRIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING;

EID: 47249137453     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/88.1.105     Document Type: Article

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