Using milk flow rate to investigate milk ejection in the left and right breasts during simultaneous breast expression in women

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Prime, Danielle K ^a   Geddes, Donna T ^a   Spatz, Diane L ^b   Robert, Marc ^c   Trengove, Naomi J ^a   Hartmann, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Carag AG   (Switzerland)

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EID: 71149084112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-4-10     Document Type: Article

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