Evaluation of breastfeeding of very low birth weight infants: Can we use the Infant Breastfeeding Assessment Tool?

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-181

  Furman, Lydia ^a   Minich, Nori Mercuri ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast milk; Breastfeeding; Premature infant; VLBW infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT BREASTFEEDING ASSESSMENT TOOL; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; PREMATURITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; SUCKING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645843616     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334406287153     Document Type: Article

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