The human milk project: A quality improvement initiative to increase human milk consumption in very low birth weight infants

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 234-240

  Ward, Laura ^a   Auer, Christine ^b   Smith, Carrie ^b   Schoettker, Pamela J ^a   Pruett, Raymond ^a   Shah, Nilesh Y ^a   Kotagal, Uma R ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; BREAST PUMP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84864679014     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2012.0002     Document Type: Article

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