Home preparation of powdered infant formula: Is it safe?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1131-1132

  Carletti, Claudia ^a   Cattaneo, Adriano ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; NEWBORN; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAW; MICROBIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; LEGISLATION, FOOD;

EID: 63849131816     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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