Integrating population outcomes, biological mechanisms and research methods in the study of human milk and lactation
By: edited by Margarett K. Davis ... [et al.].
Contributors: Davis, Margarett K.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 503
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Lactation; Milk, Human; Biological Transport; Breast Feeding; Infant, Premature; Micronutrients -- deficiency; Virus Diseases -- transmission
Notes: "Proceedings of the 10th International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation Symposium, held September 15-19, 2000, Tucson, Arizona"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: section I. The impact of micronutrient deficiencies during lactation on maternal and infant health; title: section II. The premature infant; title: section III. Developmental immunology; title: section IV. Breastfeeding in the industrialized world; title: section V. Viral transmission in human milk and colostrum: mechanisms, potential interventions, and implications for breastfeeding promotion; title: section VI. Breastfeeding and reproductive health; title: section VII. Abstracts.