The maternal health benefits of breastfeeding

American Family Physician

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 603-604

  Schwarz, Eleanor B ^a   Nothnagle, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LACTATION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OVARY CANCER; RISK FACTOR; BREAST TUMOR; COUNSELING; OBESITY; OVARY TUMOR;

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL HEALTH; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84929457854     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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