Human breast milk: A review on its composition and bioactivity

Early Human Development

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 629-635

  Andreas, Nicholas J ^a   Kampmann, Beate ^a,c   Mehring Le Doare, Kirsty ^a,b,c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Disease Control and Elimination   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Child nutrition science; Human milk; Immunity; Neonate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BREAST MILK PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL ANTIBODY; LIPID; NONPROTEIN NITROGEN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MILK PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET; ETHNICITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT FEEDING; INFECTION; LACTATION; MATERNAL AGE; NURSING PROCESS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; VACCINATION; WEIGHT GAIN; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; INFANT NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK PROTEINS; MILK, HUMAN; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 84945481976     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2015.08.013     Document Type: Review

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