The wellbeing of infants exposed to buprenorphine via breast milk at 4 weeks of age

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 217-223

  Gower, Shelley ^a   Bartu, Anne ^b   Ilett, Kenneth F ^c,d   Doherty, Dorota ^e   McLaurin, Renate ^f   Hamilton, Dale ^f  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Path West Laboratory Medicine   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Drug exposed infants; Infant health; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; COMPLICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; STANDARDS;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; BUPRENORPHINE; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84899552532     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334413517748     Document Type: Article

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