Creamatocrit analysis of human milk overestimates fat and energy content when compared to a human milk analyzer using mid-infrared spectroscopy

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 569-572

  O'Neill, Edward F ^a   Radmacher, Paula G ^a   Sparks, Blake ^a   Adamkin, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creamatocrit; Human milk; Mid infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CREAMATOCRIT; FAT CONTENT; HUMAN; HUMAN MILK ANALYZER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THAWING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MILK, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 84877071583     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31828390e4     Document Type: Article

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