How much human milk do infants consume? Data from 12 countries using a standardized stable isotope methodology

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2227-2232

  Da Costa, Teresa H M ^a   Haisma, Hinke ^b,c   Wells, Jonathan C K ^d   Mander, Adrian P ^e   Whitehead, Roger G ^f   Bluck, Leslie J C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM OXIDE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT FEEDING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TURNOVER TIME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; ISOTOPES; MALE; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 78649559211     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.123489     Document Type: Article

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