Buying human milk via the internet: Just a click away

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 474-478

  Geraghty, Sheela R ^a   McNamara, Kelly A ^b   Dillon, Chelsea E ^b   Hogan, Joseph S ^c   Kwiek, Jesse J ^c,d   Keim, Sarah A ^b,c,e  

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

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity ^*  (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST; E-MAIL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNET; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RISK FACTOR; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COMMERCE; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNET; MALE; MILK BANKS; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890322829     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2013.0048     Document Type: Article

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