Does monitoring newborn weight discourage breast feeding?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-46

  McKie, A ^a   Young, D ^b   Macdonald, P D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MIDWIFE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MONITORING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; POVERTY; SCOTLAND; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 30344433732     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.074484     Document Type: Article

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