Interventions for treating painful nipples among breastfeeding women

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Dennis, Cindy Lee ^a   Allen, Kim ^a   McCormick, Felicia M ^b   Renfrew, Mary J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; HOT WATER;

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST INJURY; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL DRESSING; MASTALGIA; MASTITIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 55049129565     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007366     Document Type: Review

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