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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is an infant feeding practice in which human breast milk from maternal lactation is provided to an infant through direct nursing or expressed milk feeding methods.

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Authors

56.7K

  1. LM
    Laurence M. Grummer‐Strawn

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States

    54 publications · 8K citations

    46

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  2. CD
    Cindy‐Lee Dennis

    University of Toronto, Canada

    59 publications · 7K citations

    41

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  3. RP
    Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla

    Yale University, United States

    84 publications · 4.6K citations

    41

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  4. KG
    Kathryn G. Dewey

    University of California, Davis, United States

    60 publications · 7K citations

    38

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  5. CB
    Colin Binns

    Curtin University, Australia

    96 publications · 4.7K citations

    38

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Institutions

9.3K

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    81 h-index

    750 publications

    71.5K citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    76 h-index

    862 publications

    66.5K citations

  3. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    72 h-index

    487 publications

    50.9K citations

  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    71 h-index

    529 publications

    49.2K citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    68 h-index

    665 publications

    53.2K citations

  6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    66 h-index

    748 publications

    39.9K citations

  7. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    64 h-index

    599 publications

    38.2K citations

  8. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    60 h-index

    355 publications

    30.9K citations

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  1. PEDIATRICS

    476 publications · 70.6K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 1.4K publications · 48.6K citations

    90

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  3. The Journal of Pediatrics

    244 publications · 23K citations

    87

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  4. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

    AJCN · 260 publications · 23.8K citations

    86

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  5. Journal of Human Lactation

    JHL · 877 publications · 38.4K citations

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See also

Breastfeeding

Health Benefits

Challenges

Feeding Methods

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