B vitamins in breast milk: Relative importance of maternal status and intake, and effects on infant status and function

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 362-369

  Allen, Lindsay H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

BREAST FEEDING; CHOLINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RIBOFLAVIN; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84866784142     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.111.001172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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