Scanning for New Evidence
on the Nutrient Content of Human Milk:
A Process Model for Determining
Age-Specific Nutrient Requirements
Kathleen Rasmussen, Ann L. Yaktine, and Alice Vorosmarti, Editors
Committee on Scanning for New Evidence on
the Nutrient Content of Human Milk
Food and Nutrition Board
Health and Medicine Division
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COMMITTEE ON SCANNING FOR NEW EVIDENCE ON THE NUTRIENT CONTENT OF HUMAN MILK
KATHLEEN M. RASMUSSEN (Chair), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
MEGHAN AZAD, University of Manitoba, Canada
LARS BODE, University of California, San Diego
MICHELLE MCGUIRE, University of Idaho, Moscow
LAURIE NOMMSEN-RIVERS, University of Cincinnati, Ohio
IAN J. SALDANHA, Brown University School of Public Health, Rhode Island
Health and Medicine Division Staff
ANN L. YAKTINE, Director, Food and Nutrition Board
ALICE VOROSMARTI, Associate Program Officer
ZARIA FYFFE, Senior Program Assistant
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