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Exclusive breastfeeding: Relation to gestational age, birth weight, and early neonatal ward admission. A nationwide cohort study of children born after 35 weeks of gestation.

Freja Marie NejsumRagnhild MåstrupChristian Torp-PedersenEllen Christine Leth LøkkegaardRikke WiingreenBo Mølholm Hansen
Published in: PloS one (2023)
Decreasing gestational age and small for gestational age were associated with decreased exclusive breastfeeding rates. Neonatal ward admission was associated with increased exclusive breastfeeding rates among late preterm infants, whereas the opposite was observed among early term and term infants.
Keyphrases
  • gestational age
  • preterm infants
  • birth weight
  • low birth weight
  • preterm birth
  • emergency department
  • young adults
  • physical activity