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This research was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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  1. Section on Pediatric Diabetes and Metabolism, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 10, Room 8C-432A, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1645, USA

    Kristina I. Rother & Allison C. Sylvetsky

  2. Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Allison C. Sylvetsky

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

    S. S. Schiffman

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Rother, K.I., Sylvetsky, A.C. & Schiffman, S.S. Non-nutritive sweeteners in breast milk: perspective on potential implications of recent findings. Arch Toxicol 89, 2169–2171 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-015-1611-9

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