Comparison of milk output from the right and left breasts during simultaneous pumping in mothers of very low birthweight infants

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-91

  Engstrom, Janet L ^a   Meier, Paula P ^a,b   Jegier, Briana ^a,c   Motykowski, Judy E ^b   Zuleger, Joyce L ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; BREAST PUMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; LACTATION; PARITY; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; BREAST; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LACTATION; MALE; MILK EJECTION; MILK, HUMAN; SUCTION;

EID: 34447126232     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2006.0019     Document Type: Article

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