Direct-breastfeeding premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 386-392

  Briere, Carrie Ellen ^a,b   McGrath, Jacqueline M ^a,b   Cong, Xiaomei ^a   Brownell, Elizabeth ^b,c   Cusson, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; neonatal intensive care unit; premature infant

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84937577962     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334415581798     Document Type: Article

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