Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology: Advancing the Scientific Evidence

Pickering, Larry K.; Morrow, Ardythe L.; Ruiz-Palacios, Guillermo M.; Schanler, Richard J.

Protecting Infants through Human Milk: Advancing the Scientific Evidence provides a forum in which basic scientists, clinicians, epidemiologists, and policy makers exchange the latest findings regarding the effects of human milk and breastfeeding on infant and maternal health, thereby fostering new and promising collaborations. This volume also integrates data from animal and in vitro laboratory studies with clinical and population studies to examine human milk production and composition, the mechanisms of infant protection and/or risk from human milk feeding, and proposed interventions related to infant feeding practices. Additionally, it stimulates critical evaluation of, and advances in, the scientific evidence base and research methods, and identifies the research priorities in various areas.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2004-08-10

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780306485886

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-4242-8

Dimensions: 254cm x178cm

Pages: 525