Can preterm twins breast feed successfully?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1045, 1997, Pages 209-212

  Liang, Renee ^a   Gunn, Alistair J ^a   Gunn, Tania R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b National Womens Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; TWINS;

BREAST FEEDING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; TWINS;

EID: 0031566375     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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