Low milk supply and the pediatrician

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 249-256

  Riddle, Sarah W ^a   Nommsen Rivers, Laurie A ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

breast milk; breastfeeding; breastfeeding management; low milk production; low milk supply

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MILK PRODUCTION; NEONATAL WEIGHT LOSS; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BREAST MILK; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; INFANT; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECRETION (PROCESS); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MILK; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; PEDIATRICIANS; PERCEPTION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85011005459     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000468     Document Type: Review

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