Effect of skim milk supplementation of the maternal diet on lactational amenorrhea, maternal prolactin, and lactational behavior

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-290

  Tennekoon, Kamani H ^a   Karunanayake, Eric H ^a   Seneviratne, Harsha R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

full breast feeding; Lactational amenorrhea; maternal nutrition; nearly full breast feeding; prolactin

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MENSTRUATION; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVULATION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE;

EID: 0029818287     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/64.3.283     Document Type: Article

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