Breast milk and defence against infection in the newborn.
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Breast milk and defence against infection in the newborn.
In industrialized countries newborn infants are being exposed to an increasingly artificial environment , with larger delivery units, an increased use of disinfectants and antibiotics, and a decreased incidence of breast feeding. The fact that this trend has continued side by side with a situation where infections have played a diminishing role in neo-natal morbidity and mortality has created t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.47.256.845