Incidence of mastitis in breastfeeding women during the six months after delivery: A prospective cohort study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 310-312

  Kinlay, Joanne R ^a   O'Connell, Dianne L ^a   Kinlay, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032556031     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb140282.x     Document Type: Article

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