How Breastfeeding Works

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 564-570

  Kent, Jacqueline C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

breastfeeding; human milk; lactation; physiology

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CASEIN; CHLORIDE; FAT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOSE; MILK PROTEIN; POTASSIUM;

APPETITE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; FOOD COMPOSITION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INVOLUTION; LACTATION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MILK EJECTION; MILK PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PROLACTIN; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35548933696     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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