Bedsharing promotes breastfeeding

Pediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 214-219

  McKenna, James J ^a,b   Mosko, Sarah S ^b   Richard, Christopher A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedsharing; Breastfeeding; Co sleeping; SIDS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

ADULT; BEDS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATION; MALE; SLEEP;

EID: 0030806725     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.100.2.214     Document Type: Article

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