The aluminium content of infant formulas remains too high

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chuchu, Nancy ^a   Patel, Bhavini ^a   Sebastian, Blaise ^a   Exley, Christopher ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS);

ALUMINUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84884991098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-162     Document Type: Article

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