The initial maternal cost of providing 100ml of human milk for very low birth weight infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-77

  Jegier, Briana J ^a,b   Meier, Paula ^a   Engstrom, Janet L ^a   McBride, Timothy ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; BREAST PUMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK PRODUCTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LACTATION; MALE; MILK BANKS; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; SUCTION;

EID: 77950817895     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2009.0063     Document Type: Article

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