The infl uence of maternal ethnic group and diet on breast milk fatty acid composition

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 675-679

  Su, Lin Lin ^a   Thamarai Chelvi, S K ^a   Lim, Su Lin ^b   Chen, Yuming ^c   Tan, Elizabeth A T ^c   Pai, Namratha Narayan ^c   Gong, Yin Han ^a   Foo, Janie ^a   Rauff, Mary ^a   Chong, Yap Seng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Singapore Clinical Research Institute   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Docosahexaenoic acid; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; ICOSATRIENOIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; BREAST FEEDING; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY;

ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BREAST FEEDING; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78149255043     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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