Mothers' milk feedings in the neonatal intensive care unit: Accuracy of the creamatocrit technique

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 646-649

  Meier, Paula ^a   Engstrom, Janet L ^b   Murtaugh, Maureen A ^c   Vasan, Usha ^a   Meier, Werner A ^a   Schanler, Richard J ^d  

^a Rush Children's Hospital and Rush University Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CALORIE; CALORIMETRY; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAMATOCRIT; FEMALE; GRAVIMETRY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR SYSTEM; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LIPIDS; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036969374     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210825     Document Type: Article

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