Longitudinal Changes in Lactoferrin Concentrations in Human Milk: A Global Systematic Review

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1539-1547

  Rai, Deshanie ^a,b   Adelman, Alicia S ^a   Zhuang, Weihong ^a   Rai, Gyan P ^a,c   Boettcher, Julia ^a   Lönnerdal, Bo ^d  

^a Mead Johnson Nutritionals   (United States)

^b DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS   (United States)

^c Perrigo PBM Nutritionals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; infant; nutrition; preterm; protein; term

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; PROTEINS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BREAST MILK; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; INFANT; PRETERM; QUANTITATIVE CHANGES; TERM;

PHYSIOLOGY;

LACTOFERRIN; MILK PROTEIN; WHEY PROTEIN;

AFRICA; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA;

AFRICA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; LACTOFERRIN; MILK PROTEINS; MILK, HUMAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84896855646     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.642422     Document Type: Article

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