Postnatal weight loss in substitute methadone-exposed infants: Implications for the management of breast feeding

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Dryden, Carol ^a   Young, David ^b   Campbell, Nicole ^a   Mactier, Helen ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; METHADONE; NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860810305     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.178723     Document Type: Article

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