The use of human milk in the neonatal intensive care unit: Practices in Belgium and Luxembourg

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 302-306

  Cossey, Veerle ^a   Johansson, Anne Britt ^b   De Halleux, Virginie ^c   Vanhole, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^c Neonatal Intensive Care Unit   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BELGIUM; BREAST MILK; FOOD HANDLING; FREEZING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; LUXEMBOURG; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PASTEURIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BELGIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LUXEMBOURG; MILK, HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRIGERATION;

EID: 84864649589     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2011.0112     Document Type: Article

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