ABM clinical protocol #6: Guideline on co-sleeping and breastfeeding - Revision, March 2008

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-43

  McCoy, Rosha ^a   McKenna, James J ^a   Gartner, Lawrence ^a   Chantry, Caroline J ^a   Howard, Cynthia R ^a   Lawrence, Ruth A ^a   Marinelli, Kathleen A ^a   Powers, Nancy G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED SHARING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SAFETY; SLEEP; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40649090929     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2007.9979     Document Type: Review

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