Alcohol
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 195-200 , July 2000

Ethanol intake during lactation: I. Effects on dams' metabolism and pups' body weight gain

  • L.M Oyama

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo-EPM, São Paulo, SP 04023-060, Brazil
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  • R.C Couto

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, 69007-000, Brazil
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  • G.E.C Couto

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Desporto e Atividades Comunitárias, Universidade do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, 69007-000, Brazil
    • ,
  • A.R Dâmaso

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Educação Fı́sica e Motricidade Humana, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP 13565-535, Brazil
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  • C.M Oller do Nascimento

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo-EPM, São Paulo, SP 04023-060, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departamento de Fisiologia — Disciplina de Neurofisiologia e Fisiologia Endócrina, Rua Botucatu, 862, 2° andar-Edifı́cio de Ciências Biomédicas, Vila Clementino — São Paulo, SP 04023-060, Brazil. Tel.: +55-11-576-4527; fax: +55-11-570-7675

Received 28 July 1999 ,Revised 29 November 1999 ,Accepted 13 December 1999.

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