Managing common breastfeeding problems in the community

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Amir, Lisa H ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFRADINE; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN;

ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; DERMATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MASTALGIA; MASTITIS; MATERNAL TREATMENT; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MILK PRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; LACTATION DISORDERS; PAIN; POSTNATAL CARE; SUCKING;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION DISORDERS; MASTITIS; PAIN; POSTNATAL CARE; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84900992773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g2954     Document Type: Review

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