Lactation counseling increases breast-feeding duration but not breast milk intake as measured by isotopic methods

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 205-210

  Albernaz, Elaine ^a   Victora, Cesar G ^a   Haisma, Hinke ^a   Wright, Antony ^b   Coward, William A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Deuterium dilution method; Human milk; Infant; Promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEUTERIUM DILUTION TECHNIQUE; DILUTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; WEANING;

EID: 0037228831     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.1.205     Document Type: Article

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