Hindmilk and weight gain in preterm very low-birthweight infants

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-160

  Ogechi, Amali Adekwu ^a   William, Ogala ^a,b   Fidelia, Bode Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hindmilk; Low birthweight; Preterm; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HINDMILK; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34147185806     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02336.x     Document Type: Article

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