The effect of pasteurization on trace elements in donor breast milk

• Main Authors: Mohd Taufek, Nor Hidayah, Cartwright, David William, Davies, Mark W., Hewavitharana, Amitha K, Koorts, Pieter J., McConachy, Helen, Shaw, Paul Nicholas, Sumner, Ronald, Whitfield, Karen M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
• Subjects: RJ Pediatrics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/56681/1/Published%20Pasteurization%20paper.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56681/7/56681_The%20effect%20of%20pasteurization_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56681/8/56681_The%20effect%20of%20pasteurization_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56681/; https://www.nature.com/jp/journal/v36/n10/pdf/jp201688a.pdf

OBJECTIVE: Premature infants often receive pasteurized donor human milk when mothers are unable to provide their own milk. This study aims to establish the effect of the pasteurization process on a range of trace elements in donor milk. STUDY DESIGN: Breast milk was collected from 16 mothers donatin...