Methadone maintenance and long-term lactation

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-37

  Jansson, Lauren M ^a   Choo, Robin ^b,c   Velez, Martha L ^a   Lowe, Ross ^b   Huestis, Marilyn A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MILK LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; METHADONE TREATMENT; NEWBORN PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MALE; METHADONE; MILK, HUMAN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 40649119289     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2007.0032     Document Type: Article

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