Science of bottle feeding

For a newborn infant, there is hardly a more complex motor act than feeding, which can be broken down into three components: sucking, swallowing, and breathing. Each of these motor acts involves sequential and coordinated contraction of a number of muscles. What follows is an attempt to put in persp...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of pediatrics 1991-10, Vol.119 (4), p.511-519
1. Verfasser: Mathew, Oommen P.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:For a newborn infant, there is hardly a more complex motor act than feeding, which can be broken down into three components: sucking, swallowing, and breathing. Each of these motor acts involves sequential and coordinated contraction of a number of muscles. What follows is an attempt to put in perspective the science of bottle feeding; only limited references will be made to breast-feeding
ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/S0022-3476(05)82397-2