Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in breast milk and early weight gain in breast-fed infants

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-121

  Scholtens, Salome ^a   Wijga, Alet H ^b   Smit, Henriette A ^b,c   Brunekreef, Bert ^a,c   De Jongste, Johan C ^d   Gerritsen, Jorrit ^e   Seidell, Jaap C ^f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BMI; Breast milk; Infant growth; Long chain PUFA; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACARI;

EID: 57349135212     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508993521     Document Type: Article

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