Health provider experiences with galactagogues to support breastfeeding: A cross-sectional survey

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages 623-630

  Bazzano, Alessandra N ^a   Littrell, Lisa ^a   Brandt, Amelia ^a   Thibeau, Shelley ^b   Thriemer, Kamala ^c   Theall, Katherine P ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c MLT EpiConsult   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Human milk; Lactation; Lactogenesis; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

DOMPERIDONE; GALACTOGOGUE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); FEMALE; FENUGREEK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84997270830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S121788     Document Type: Article

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