Breastfeeding is a dynamic biological process-not simply a meal at the breast

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 257-259

  Raju, Tonse N K ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; BREAST FEEDING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 80054862174     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2011.0081     Document Type: Article

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