Does monitoring newborn weight discourage breast feeding?
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Does monitoring newborn weight discourage breast feeding?
BACKGROUND A policy of regular neonatal weight monitoring was introduced to a geographically defined population in 2000. This was combined with targeted breast feeding support for infants reaching specified intervention thresholds. AIMS To look for evidence of compromise in breast feeding rates as a result of this policy change. METHODS Breast feeding rates at 10 days and 6 weeks were compa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.074484