Milk of women with lifetime consumption of the recommended daily intake of fish fatty acids should constitute the basis for the DHA contents of infant formula

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 548-549

  Van Goor, Saskia A ^a   Smit, Ella N ^a   Schaafsma, Anne ^b   Dijck Brouwer, D A Janneke ^a   Muskiet, Frits A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b FRIESLANDCAMPINA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BREAST MILK; CONCEPTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LETTER; MILK; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 55749115989     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2008.099     Document Type: Letter

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