Evolution of human lactation and complementary feeding: Implications for understanding contemporary cross-cultural variation

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 639, Issue , 2009, Pages 253-282

  Sellen, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FORAGING; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIPID STORAGE; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEANING; ADAPTATION; BABY FOOD; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; WEANING;

EID: 62749116796     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8749-3_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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