Methadone and breastfeeding: New horizons

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1429-1430

  Philipp, Barbara L ^a,b   Merewood, Anne ^a,b   O'Brien, Susan ^a,b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

BREAST FEEDING; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG MILK LEVEL; HUMAN; NOTE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; STATISTICS;

BREAST FEEDING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHADONE; MILK, HUMAN; NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0037636633     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.6.1429     Document Type: Note

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