Painful breast lumps in nursing mothers

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 65-67

  Balkam, Jane J ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast abscess; breast pain; breastfeeding; inflammation; lactation; mastitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BREAST DISEASES; BREAST FEEDING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 78650374187     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000391251.59747.03     Document Type: Article

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