Plasma and breast-milk selenium in HIV-infected Malawian mothers are positively associated with infant selenium status but are not associated with maternal supplementation: Results of the Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals, and Nutrition study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 950-956

  Flax, Valerie L ^a,b   Bentley, Margaret E ^a,b   Combs Jr , Gerald F ^d   Chasela, Charles S ^e,f   Kayira, Dumbani ^e   Tegha, Gerald ^e   Kamwendo, Debbie ^e   Daza, Eric J ^a,b   Fokar, Ali ^c   Kourtis, Athena P ^g   Jamieson, Denise J ^g   Van Der Horst, Charles M ^c   Adair, Linda S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LIPID; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NELFINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIPID DIET; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL PLASMA; PUERPERIUM; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATION; MALAWI; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897017808     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.073833     Document Type: Article

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