Breastfeeding: Maintaining an irreplaceable immunological resource

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 565-572

  Labbok, Miriam H ^a   Clark, David ^a   Goldman, Armond S ^b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEATH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 3142766113     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri1393     Document Type: Review

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