The obstetrician as the lynchpin to successful breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-2

  Lawrence, Ruth A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREAST MILK; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LACTATION; OBSTETRIC CARE; OBSTETRICS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BREAST FEEDING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS;

EID: 79951991596     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2011.9997     Document Type: Editorial

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