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Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE) analysis were used to determine the concentration of 13 elements in the breast milk collected within the first week of lactation and after morning feed from 16 pre-term mothers and 20 term mothers. The results of the study show that pre-term milk has a significantly higher concentration of Cl, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na and Zn while term mothers have a significantly higher concentration of P and Br. No significant differences were, however, found in the mean concentration of Al, Ca, I and Rb. Furthermore, the mean concentration for most of the elements found in the breast milk fall within the range of the concentrations obtained for the commercial infant milk formulae.
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Akanle, O.A., Balogun, F.A., Owa, J.A. et al. Study of the Nutritional Status of Maternal Breast Milk in Preterm Infants in Nigeria. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 244, 231–235 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006713626499
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