Human Lactation 2: Maternal and Environmental Factors

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Breast Feeding in Reality....Pages 1-12
Cross-Cultural Differences in Lactational Performance....Pages 13-44
Ethnic Cultural Effect Upon Human Lactation: Introduction to Workshop with Some Comments to Experience Obtained in Scandinavian Countries During the Last Two Centuries....Pages 45-50
Maternal Factors Affecting Lactation....Pages 51-60
Anthropometry in the Appraisal of Lactation Performance Among Well-Nourished Women....Pages 61-67
Ethnic Determinants of Lactation in a Population of Mothers in the United States....Pages 69-81
Effects of Vegetarian Diets Upon the Composition of Human Milk....Pages 83-92
Cultural and Environmental Influences on the Nutritional Status of Lactating Women and Their Infants in Nepal....Pages 93-102
Lactational Performance and Milk Composition in Relation to Duration of Pregnancy and Lactation....Pages 103-119
Pattern of Change in Milk Composition During Lactogenesis in Term and Preterm Mothers....Pages 121-129
Lipid Composition of Prepartum, Preterm and Term Milk....Pages 131-140
Changes in Milk Composition After Six Months of Lactation: The Effects of Duration of Lactation and Gradual Weaning....Pages 141-154
Complementation and Weaning Phases of Lactation....Pages 155-163
The Effect of Maternal Parity on Lactational Performance in a Rural African Community....Pages 165-173
Comparative Prostaglandin Content in Human Milk....Pages 175-186
The Relationship of Maternal Factors to Composition and Structure of Caseins....Pages 187-193
Thyroid Hormones in Milk....Pages 195-204
Effects of Low Maternal Dietary Intake of Calcium, Selenium and Vitamin B-6 upon Breast Milk Composition in Nepal....Pages 205-213
Assessment of Lactation Performance in Women....Pages 215-230
Approaches to the Study of Colostrum-The Onset of Lactation....Pages 231-239
Regulation of the Rate of Lactose Production....Pages 241-251
Feeding the Premature Infant: Methods to Assess Lactation Performance....Pages 253-262
Relationship of Maternal Age to Breast Milk Volume and Composition....Pages 263-273
Milk Letdown and the Concentration of Fat in Breast Milk....Pages 275-281
Maternal Factors in Lactation Failure....Pages 283-291
Mammary Gland Anomalies and Lactation Failure....Pages 293-299
Effects of Maternal Nutrition on Human Lactation....Pages 301-323
Effect of Diet on the Lipid Composition of Human Milk....Pages 325-334
Human Milk Carnitine....Pages 335-337
Effects of Vitamin Supplementation on Vitamin Levels in Human Milk: Vitamin B-6, Vitamin C and Folacin....Pages 339-348
Maternal Factors Affecting the Vitamin D Content of Human Milk....Pages 349-357
Changes in Milk Concentrations with Duration of Lactation in Relation to Zinc Requirements of Breast Fed Infants....Pages 359-362
Effect of Maternal Iron Status on Iron in Human Milk....Pages 363-370
Effect of Maternal Selenium Nutrition on Human Milk Content and Form....Pages 371-379
Distribution of Selenium in Human Milk....Pages 381-393
A Comprehensive Assessment of Drugs and Chemical Toxins Excreted in Breast Milk....Pages 395-423
Fundamental Kinetics of Drug Excretion in Breast Milk....Pages 425-435
Epidemiology of Environmental Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk....Pages 437-446
The Influence of Maternal Factors on Drug Levels in Human Milk....Pages 447-451
Effect of Oral Contraceptives on Lactation....Pages 453-465
Drug Excretion into Human Milk: Answered and Unanswered Questions....Pages 467-474
Cellular Pathways in the Movement of Lipophilic Xenobiotics from GI Tract to Breast Milk....Pages 475-497
Antibodies in Milk Directed Against Specific Enteropathogens....Pages 499-506
Pregnancy Associated Hormonal Milleu and Bronchomammary Cell Traffic....Pages 507-524
Investigations of the Secretory Immune System in Human Milk Using Monoclonal Antibodies....Pages 525-531
Function of Leukocytes in Human Milk....Pages 533-540
Effects of Cholera and Poliovirus Immunizations Upon Specific Antibodies in Human Milk....Pages 541-545
Potential Effects of Immunization on the Host Defense Systems in Human Milk....Pages 547-558
Inhibition of Attachment of Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Haemophilus Influenzae by Human Milk....Pages 559-568
Effects of Ethnicity on Immunologic Components in Human Milk....Pages 569-579
High Performance Liquid Chromatography of Oligosaccharides from Human Milk and Colostrum....Pages 581-588
Fat Content and Cis- and Trans-Isomeric Fatty Acids in Mature Human Fore- and Hindmilk....Pages 589-594
Bile Salt Stimulated Lipase: The Enzyme is Present in Non Primate Milk....Pages 595-601
Total Nitrogen and Non-Protein Nitrogen Balance in Preterm Infants Fed Preterm Human Milk....Pages 603-610
Recovery of Vitamin K from Human Milk....Pages 611-615
Skim Milk Membranes in Human Milk....Pages 617-620
Breastfeeding: Cultural Practices and Variations....Pages 621-642
Back Matter....Pages 643-657