Milk : its remarkable contribution to human health and well-being / Stuart Patton.

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2004], ©2004.

xi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Origins of milk as food -- Milk secretion and composition -- The breasts and lactation -- Image of cow's milk : roles of media, research, and critics -- Nutrition and the healthfulness of cow's milk -- Importance of the cow and production of milk -- Milk processing and products -- Flavor and milk -- Research and milk.

Includes bibliographical references and index.