Protecting infants through human milk
Subtitle: advancing the scientific evidence
By: edited by Larry K. Pickering ... [et al.].
Contributors: Pickering, Larry K.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 554.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 525
Subjects: Breastfeeding -- Health aspects -- Congresses; Breast milk -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Here is a forum in which basic scientists, clinicians, epidemiologists, and policy makers exchange the latest findings regarding the effects of human milk and breastfeeding on infant and maternal health, thereby fostering new and promising collaborations. This volume also integrates data from animal and in vitro laboratory studies with clinical and population studies to examine human milk production and composition, the mechanisms of infant protection and/or risk from human milk feeding, and proposed interventions related to infant feeding practices. Additionally, it stimulates critical evaluation of, and advances in, the scientific evidence base and research methods, and identifies the research priorities in various areas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.