RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Measurement of milk intake by deuterium dilution.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 796
OP 800
DO 10.1136/adc.62.8.796
VO 62
IS 8
A1 Lucas, A
A1 Ewing, G
A1 Roberts, S B
A1 Coward, W A
YR 1987
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/62/8/796.abstract
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.