Oral galactagogues for increasing breast-milk production in mothers of non-hospitalised term infants

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Foong, Siew Cheng ^a   Tan, May Loong ^a   Marasco, Lisa A ^b   Ho, Jacqueline J ^a   Foong, Wai Cheng ^a  

^a PENANG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Malaysia)

^b Nutrition Services Breastfeeding Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOGOGUE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MILK PRODUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85040463151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011505     Document Type: Article

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