Breast feeding very-low-birthweight infants at discharge: A multicentre study using WHO definitions

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 591-596

  Davanzo, Riccardo ^a   Ronfani, Luca ^a   Brovedani, Pierpaolo ^a   Demarini, Sergio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Neonatal intensive care; Very low birthweight infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ITALY; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70350001627     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2009.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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