Vitamin C content in human milk (colostrum, transitional and mature) and serum of a sample of Bangladeshi mothers

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Ahmed, Luthfor ^a   Islam, S K Nazrul ^a   Khan, Nazrul Islam ^a   Nahid, Syeda Nilufer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

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