Promoting the exclusive feeding of own mother's milk through the use of hindmilk and increased maternal milk volume for hospitalized, low birth weight infants (< 1800 grams) in Nigeria: A feasibility study

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-198

  Slusher, Tina ^a   Hampton, Rebecca ^b   Bode Thomas, Fidelia ^c   Pam, Sunday ^c   Akor, Francis ^c   Meier, Paula ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast pumps; Breastfeeding; Developing countries; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NIGERIA;

BREAST FEEDING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; NIGERIA;

EID: 0038072746     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334403252490     Document Type: Article

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