PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lucas, A
AU  - Ewing, G
AU  - Roberts, S B
AU  - Coward, W A
TI  - Measurement of milk intake by deuterium dilution.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.62.8.796
DP  - 1987 Aug 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 796--800
VI  - 62
IP  - 8
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/62/8/796.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/62/8/796.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1987 Aug 01; 62
AB  - In 14 studies, each lasting seven days, on eight bottle fed infants milk intake was measured by deuterium dilution and by weighing the formula consumed and oral losses. Mean (SD) milk intake was 829 (108) g/day when measured by isotope dilution and 837 (98) g/day when measured by direct weighing, giving a mean difference between methods of 1.0 (5.0)%. Thus the stable isotope procedure is a potentially useful method for investigating lactation and nutritional problems.