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Human Lactation

Human Lactation is the physiological process of milk production and secretion by the human female breast following childbirth, distinguishing it from lactation in other species and non-lactational mammary functions within comparative mammalian biology.

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Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk

PEDIATRICS · 2005 · 5.3K citations

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Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk

PEDIATRICS · 1997 · 1.3K citations

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Breast milk and subsequent intelligence quotient in children born preterm

Alan Lucas, Ruth Morley, Tim Cole et al. · The Lancet · 1992 · 1.2K citations

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The human milk microbiome changes over lactation and is shaped by maternal weight and mode of delivery

Raúl Cabrera‐Rubio, María Carmen Collado, Kirsi Laitinen et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2012 · 888 citations · Full text

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Human milk is a source of lactic acid bacteria for the infant gut

Susana Langa, C. Reviriego, Esther Jimínez et al. · The Journal of Pediatrics · 2003 · 783 citations

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  1. PH
    Peter Hartmann

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    76 publications · 5.2K citations

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  2. DT
    Donna T. Geddes

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    39 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. JC
    Jacqueline C. Kent

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    29 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. CT
    Ching Tat Lai

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    24 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. CG
    Cutberto Garza

    Baylor College of Medicine, United States

    21 publications · 1.8K citations

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  1. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    45 h-index

    334 publications

    20.5K citations

  2. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    35 h-index

    145 publications

    16.4K citations

  3. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    26 h-index

    103 publications

    4.9K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    26 h-index

    83 publications

    8.5K citations

  5. Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, United States

    21 h-index

    69 publications

    6.2K citations

  6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    21 h-index

    53 publications

    3.4K citations

  7. Medical Research Council

    London, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    79 publications

    5.8K citations

  8. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    20 h-index

    65 publications

    5.3K citations

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  1. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

    AJCN · 105 publications · 11.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Dairy Science

    JDS · 125 publications · 7K citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 218 publications · 6.9K citations

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  4. Journal of Human Lactation

    JHL · 89 publications · 4.1K citations

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  5. Acta Paediatrica

    73 publications · 3.5K citations

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