The creamatocrit, fat and energy concentration in human milk produced by mothers of preterm and term infants

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1599-1602

  Kociszewska Najman, Bozena ^a   Borek Dzieciol, Beata ^a   Szpotanska Sikorska, Monika ^a   Wilkos, Ewa ^a   Pietrzak, Bronislawa ^a   Wielgos, Miroslaw ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Colostrum; Mature milk; Preterm delivery; Transitional milk

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CALORIE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAMATOCRIT; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MILK LEVEL; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLOSTRUM; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POLAND; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84865523598     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.648239     Document Type: Article

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