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Micronutrient Status of Brazilian Lactating Adolescents

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Protecting Infants through Human Milk

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 554))

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Pregnancy in Brazilian adolescents has increased in recent years. In 2000, 26% of children born in the Public Health System in Brazil were from adolescent mothers (Ribeiro et al. 2000). Brazilian women of reproductive age appear to have a high frequency of inadequate dietary intake for several micronutrients, especially during pregnancy and lactation (Borghi et al. 1997; Trugo 1997),

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  1. Laboratório de Bioquímica Nutricional e de Alimentos, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    V. B. Azeredo, F. F. Bezerra, R. Figueiredo, C. M. Donangelo & N. M. F. Trugo

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  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Larry K. Pickering MD

  2. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Ardythe L. Morrow PhD

  3. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Mexico City, Mexico

    Guillermo M. Ruiz-Palacios MD

  4. Schneider Children’s Hospital at North Shore, Manhasset, New York, USA

    Richard J. Schanler MD

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Azeredo, V.B., Bezerra, F.F., Figueiredo, R., Donangelo, C.M., Trugo, N.M.F. (2004). Micronutrient Status of Brazilian Lactating Adolescents. In: Pickering, L.K., Morrow, A.L., Ruiz-Palacios, G.M., Schanler, R.J. (eds) Protecting Infants through Human Milk. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 554. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4242-8_34

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