Milk sharing and formula feeding: Infant feeding risks in comparative perspective?

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 275-283

  Gribble, Karleen D ^a   Hausman, Bernice L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Food contamination; Health policy; Infant formula; Wet nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD STORAGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84861911836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2012.1222     Document Type: Review

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