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Volumes for milk secreted

Value	850 ml/day Range: 500-1,000 ml/day
Organism	Human Homo sapiens
Reference	Snyder WS, Cook MJ, Nasset ES, Karhausen LR, Howells GP, Tipton IH. Report of the Task Group on Reference Man. Oxford, United Kingdom: Pergamon Press, 1975. International commission on radiological protection, ICRP Publication 23, link p.360 5th paragraph
Primary Source	Young, E. G., Dietary standards, Chap. 5, pp. 299-350, in Nutrition, Vol. II, Academic Press, New York and London, 1964 (ed. G. H. Beaton and E. W. McHenry). p.330 & Schwartz, I. L., Extrarenal regulation with special reference to the sweat glands, Chap. 10, pp. 337-386, in Mineral metabolism, Vol. I, Part A, Academic Press, New York and London, 1960 (ed. C. L. Comar and F. Bronner). p.340
Comments	"The reported range of volumes for milk secreted is 500-1000 ml/day (1st primary source), although maximal values up to 3 l/day have been recorded (2nd primary source). A reasonable maintained average is 850 ml/day (1st primary source), and this has been selected as a reference value. "
Entered by	Uri M
ID	110333