Analysis of breast milk fatty acid composition using dried milk samples

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jackson, Kristina Harris ^a   Polreis, Jason ^a   Sanborn, Laura ^a   Chaima, David ^b   Harris, William S ^a,c  

^a OmegaQuant Analytics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment of nutritional status; Breast milk; Docosahexaenoic acid; Infant and child nutrition; Lactation; Maternal nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959097182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13006-016-0060-2     Document Type: Article

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