Characteristics of some of the components of human breast milk

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Carolina González-Calvo
Ronald Armando Noguera-Valverde

Abstract

While knowing all the benefits that breast milk brings to the child, the mother and the country, this practice is currently declining. Not feeding the child in the first few months of life with breast milk represents a significant risk factor related to increased morbidity and infant mortality.

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González-CalvoC., & Noguera-ValverdeR. (2020). Characteristics of some of the components of human breast milk. Acta Académica, 44(Mayo), 285-299. Retrieved from http://201.196.25.14/index.php/actas/article/view/299
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