Blood flow characteristics of the human lactating breast

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-152

  Geddes, Donna T ^a   Aljazaf, Khalidah M ^b   Kent, Jacqueline C ^a   Prime, Danielle K ^a   Spatz, Diane L ^c   Garbin, Catherine P ^a   Lai, Ching Tat ^a   Hartmann, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

blood flow; breast anatomy; breastfeeding; mammary blood flow lactation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAMMARY ARTERY; MAMMARY GLAND; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; THORACIC ARTERIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84860273254     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334411435414     Document Type: Article

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