Breast is best for babies

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1010-1019

  Leung, Alexander K C ^a,b   Sauve, Reginald S ^a,b  

^a University of Calgary ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advantages; Breastfeeding; Promote; Spport

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENGORGEMENT; BREAST FEEDING; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; GALACTOSEMIA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT FEEDING; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MASTITIS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NIPPLE; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 22044456974     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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