Impact of maternal diet on human milk composition and neurological development of infants

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Innis, Sheila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; MILK FAT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; RETINOL ESTER; TRANS FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE MEMBRANE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MILK, HUMAN; NEUROGENESIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896860378     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.072595     Document Type: Article

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