The effect of peer counselors on breastfeeding rates in the neonatal intensive care unit: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 681-685

  Merewood, Anne ^a,b   Chamberlain, Laura Beth ^b   Cook, John T ^a   Philipp, Barbara L ^a   Malone, Kirsten ^b   Bauchner, Howard ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT COUNSELING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745685827     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.160.7.681     Document Type: Article

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