Effects of Smoking, Mother's Age, Body Mass Index, and Parity Number on Lipid, Protein, and Secretory Immunoglobulin A Concentrations of Human Milk

Bachour, Pamela; Yafawi, Rula; Jaber, Farouk; M Choueiri, E; Abdel‐Razzak, Ziad

doi:10.1089/bfm.2011.0038

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Effects of Smoking, Mother's Age, Body Mass Index, and Parity Number on Lipid, Protein, and Secretory Immunoglobulin A Concentrations of Human Milk

Published in Breastfeeding Medicine • Dec 13, 2011

Authors:

Pamela Bachour

Rula Yafawi

Farouk Jaber

Abstract

AIM: This study investigated the effect of smoking, mother's age, body mass index (BMI), and parity number on density, lipids, proteins, and secreted immunoglobulin A (SIgA) of human milk. METHODS: Transitional and mature milk samples were collected from 23 nursing smoker mothers and 43 nursing nons...

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Parity (physics)

Lactation

Lactoferrin

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