Thiamine-deficient infant formula: What happened and what have we learned?

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-187

  Shamir, Raanan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

B1; Feeding; Infant formula; Regulation; Requirements; Thiamine deficiency; Vitamin

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHILD DEATH; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

BRAIN DISEASES; FOOD INDUSTRY; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; ISRAEL; MEDLINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEIZURES; SOY MILK; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84862490939     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338211     Document Type: Article

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