Trace elements in human milk: Correlation with blood levels, inter-element correlations and changes in concentration during the first month of lactation

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-205

  Almeida, Agostinho A ^a   Lopes, Cristina M P V ^a   Silva, Ana M S ^b   Barrado, Enrique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Serviço de Patologia Clínica   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Correlation with blood levels; Human milk; Inter element correlation; Temporal changes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIRTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; HUMAN; LACTATION; MILK LEVEL; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK, HUMAN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 50049115783     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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