Psychiatry and Psychology

Breast Feeding

The nursing of an infant at the breast.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The nursing of an infant at the breast.

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Breast Fed
  • Breastfed
  • Breastfeeding
  • Chestfeeding
  • Breast Feedings
  • Chestfeedings
  • Breast Feeding, Exclusive
  • Breastfeeding, Exclusive
  • Milk Sharing
  • Wet Nursing
  • Exclusive Breast Feeding
  • Exclusive Breastfeeding
  • Sharing, Milk

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, drug effects, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, instrumentation, methods, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

human only; /adv eff or /drug eff: refers to effect on infant or mother

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  1. F01.145.407w.199w
  2. G07.203.650w.195w
  3. G07.203.650w.220.500.500w
  4. G07.203.650w.353w.199w

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WS 125

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Breast Feeding. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001942. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001942
  2. Breast Feeding. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breastfeeding
  3. Breast Feeding. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174876