Interrelationships between maternal DHA in erythrocytes, milk and adipose tissue. Is 1 wt% DHA the optimal human milk content? Data from four Tanzanian tribes differing in lifetime stable intakes of fish

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 854-866

  Luxwolda, Martine F ^a   Kuipers, Remko S ^a   Koops, Jan Hein ^a   Muller, Stefan ^a   De Graaf, Deti ^a   Dijck Brouwer, D A Janneke ^a   Muskiet, Frits A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Breast milk; DHA; Erythrocytes; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLOSTRUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISH INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE BIOMAGNIFICATION; LACTATION; MALE; MATURE MILK; MILK; MILK LEVEL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TANZANIAN; TISSUE LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ANIMAL; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FISH; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; SEA FOOD; TANZANIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEAFOOD; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899730760     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513003255     Document Type: Article

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