Homeostatic mechanisms that regulate lactation during energetic stress

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Hartmann, Peter E ^a   Sherriff, Jillian L ^b   Mitoulas, Leon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy; Homeorhetic; Homeostatic; Humans; Lactation

Indexed keywords

BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LACTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 0031936388     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.2.394s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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