Breastfeeding in the first hour of life protects against neonatal mortality

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-111

  Oddy, Wendy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLYCAN; INTERLEUKIN 10; LACTOFERRIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTECTION; REVIEW;

EID: 84876854155     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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