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Correlation between Lead in Maternal Blood, Umbilical Cord Blood, and Breast Milk with Newborn Anthro-pometric Characteristics [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Neonatology, 2019 Background: Breast milk can be a source of toxic material, along with the transfer of nutrients needed for infant growth. This study was conducted to measure the level of lead in maternal and neonatal blood and breast milk in Tehran, Iran.Methods: In ...
Hossein Dalili +6 more
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Australian Prescriber, 2015 Most commonly used drugs are relatively safe for breastfed babies. The dose received via milk is generally small and much less than the known safe doses of the same drug given directly to neonates and infants. Drugs contraindicated during breastfeeding include anticancer drugs, lithium, oral retinoids, iodine, amiodarone and gold salts.
Elizabeth Hotham, Neil Hotham
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Exploring the latitude of attitude: Intentions to breastfeed among adolescents in Lebanese schools. [PDF]
, 2020 School-based breastfeeding education (SBBE) may help improve breastfeeding rates in the long-term by targeting children and adolescents' knowledge, attitudes, skills, and intentions. Breastfeeding rates in Lebanon are suboptimal.
Abou Jaoudeh, Maya +5 more
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Determinants of timely initiation of breastfeeding among mothers in Goba Woreda, South East Ethiopia : a cross sectional study [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Although breastfeeding is universal in Ethiopia, ranges of regional differences in timely initiation of breastfeeding have been documented. Initiation of breastfeeding is highly bound to cultural factors that may either enhance or inhibit the
Setegn, Tesfaye +2 more
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Breastfeeding Difficulties and Risk for Early Breastfeeding Cessation [PDF]
Nutrients, 2019 Although breast milk is the normative feeding for infants, breastfeeding rates are lower than recommended. We investigated breastfeeding difficulties experienced by mothers in the first months after delivery and their association with early breastfeeding discontinuation. We conducted a prospective observational study.
Paola Marchisio +22 more
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BMJ Open QualityWhile breastfeeding has long been an important, globally recognized aspect of population health, disparities exist across Canada. The Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI) is a WHO/UNICEF best-practice program that helps ensure families receive evidence-based ...
Khalid Aziz +11 more
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Breastfeeding shows a protective trend toward adolescents with higher abdominal adiposity [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: The question of whether breastfeeding has a protective effect against the development of overweight or obesity later in life remains controversial, especially during adolescence.
De Henauw, Stefaan +12 more
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Factors Influencing Breastfeeding in a Hospital Setting [PDF]
, 2010 Breastfeeding is promoted across the globe as the optimum method of infant feeding (World Health Organization, WHO, 2003). Though there is a plethora of published benefits of breastfeeding for baby and mother, breastfeeding rates are below the national ...
Smith, Mary
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Association between mother’s age and breastfeeding status in the northern Iran [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction: Breast milk provides the ideal nutrition for infant and it is more easily digested than infant formula. The main aim of this study is to determine breastfeeding status, exclusive breastfeeding, and their relation with mother’s age among ...
Veghari, G.
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Benefits of breastfeeding [PDF]
New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2005 Human milk, or breastmilk, is uniquely engineered for human infants, and is the biologically ‘natural’ way to feed infants. Breastfeeding, in comparison to feeding breastmilk substitutes such as infant formula, has numerous health benefits. Despite this, infant formula has been actively promoted as a product equivalent to breastmilk.
Jane Allen, Debra Hector
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