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Special foods and local herbs used to enhance breastmilk production in Ghana: rate of use and beliefs of efficacy

BACKGROUND: Inadequate breastmilk production is one of the key factors associated with suboptimal breastfeeding. In most local African homes, special herbs and some food items are commonly used to promote breastmilk production (known as lactogogue/galactogogue). We describe the use and characterize...

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Autores principales: Ali, Zakari, Bukari, Mohammed, Mwinisonaam, Anita, Abdul-Rahaman, Abdul-Latif, Abizari, Abdul-Razak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33198765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13006-020-00339-z