Feeding infants directly at the breast during the postpartum hospital stay is associated with increased breastfeeding at 6 months postpartum: A prospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Forster, Della A ^a,b   Johns, Helene M ^a,b   McLachlan, Helen L ^a   Moorhead, Anita M ^a,b   McEgan, Kerri M ^c   Amir, Lisa H ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LABOR; LIVE BIRTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; AUSTRALIA; DIET; HOSPITAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; DIET; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930005788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007512     Document Type: Article

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