Nipple pain associated with breastfeeding: Incorporating current neurophysiology into clinical reasoning

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 127-132

  Amir, Lisa H ^a   Jones, Lester E ^a   Buck, Miranda L ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Obstetrics pregnancy; Pain; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALGESIA; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NIPPLE; PAIN; PROCEDURES;

BREAST DISEASES; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NIPPLES; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84924545851     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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