Timing Introduction and Transition to Oral Feeding in Preterm Infants: Current Trends and Practice

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-159

  Breton, Suzanne ^a   Steinwender, Sandy ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best practice; Cue based feeding; Oral feeding; Readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949114543     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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