Development of a Parsimonious Design for Optimal Classification of Exclusive Breastfeeding

• Main Authors: Zheng Liu (Author), Aly Diana (Author), Christine Slater (Author), Thomas Preston (Author), Rosalind S. Gibson (Author), Lisa Houghton (Author), Stephen B. Duffull (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A deuterium oxide dose‐to‐mother (DTM) technique is used to determine if an infant is exclusive breastfeeding (EBF). However, the DTM method is intensive, requiring seven paired mother-infant samples during a 14‐day study period. The purpose of this study was to develop a field‐friendly protocol. Da...