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Breast-feeding: matching supply with demand in human lactation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

C. J. Wilde
Affiliation:
Hannah Research Institute, Ayr KA6 5HL
A. Prentice
Affiliation:
MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
M. Peaker
Affiliation:
Hannah Research Institute, Ayr KA6 5HL
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘Maternal–offspring interactions’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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