Mid-pregnancy androgen levels are negatively associated with breastfeeding

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-94

  Carlsen, Sven Magnus ^a,c   Jacobsen, Geir ^b   Vanky, Eszter ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Androgens; Breastfeeding; Lactation

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BREAST FEEDING; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049159866     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016340903318006     Document Type: Article

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