Decisions regarding enteral feeding in very low birthweight infants are often not based on sound scientific evidence

NeoReviews

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Parker, Leslie A ^a   Neu, Josef ^b   Murgas Torrazza, Roberto ^b   Li, Yuefeng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Bao an Maternity and Child Health Hospital   (China)

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EID: 84879644555     PISSN: 15269906     EISSN: 15269906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/neo.14-7-e350     Document Type: Article

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