There is (still) too much aluminium in infant formulas

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Burrell, Shelle Ann M ^a   Exley, Christopher ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; MICROWAVE OVEN; MILK INTOLERANCE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; SOYBEAN MILK; CHEMISTRY; NEWBORN;

ALUMINUM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE;

EID: 77956822800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-63     Document Type: Article

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