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Evolutionary and enviromental influences on human lactation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Andrew M. Prentice  and
Ann Prentice
Andrew M. Prentice
Affiliation:
MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
Ann Prentice
Affiliation:
MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
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Symposium on ‘Maternal–offspring interactions’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , July 1995 , pp. 391 - 400
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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