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Howell R, Morriss FH, Pickering LK. 1986. Human milk in infant nutrition and health. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas , 334 pp.

Annotation: This book discusses macronutrients, electrolytes, and minerals in human milk; trace elements in human milk; chemical changes in milk during the course of lactation; enzymes in human milk; growth factors in milk; gastric protective properties of human milk; human milk humoral immunity and infant defense mechanisms; human milk protective mechanisms against bacterial enteropathogens; polymorphonuclear leukocytes in human colostrum and milk; lymphocyte subsets in colostrum; antiviral cellular cytotoxicity of colostrum; transmission of viruses through human milk; human milk banking; pharmacokinetics of drugs in human milk; and chemical contaminants in human milk.

Keywords: Human milk, Infant nutrition

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