Support for breastfeeding mothers: A systematic review

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-417

  Sikorski, Jim ^a,c   Renfrew, Mary J ^c   Pindoria, Sima ^b   Wade, Angela ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept of Gen Pract and Prim Care ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; INFECTION RISK; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTHERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTNATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0142259805     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2003.00512.x     Document Type: Review

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