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Breast and gut: the relationship between lactating mammary function and neonatal gastrointestinal function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Lawrence T. Weaver
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MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘Impact of diet on critical events in development’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1992

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