"Breast Feeding" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The nursing of an infant at the breast.
| Descriptor ID |
D001942
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.407.199 G07.203.650.195 G07.203.650.220.500.500 G07.203.650.353.199
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Breast Feeding" by people in this website by year, and whether "Breast Feeding" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Breast Feeding" by people in Profiles.
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Mother's Own Milk Provision During the First 12 Weeks of Life by Gestational Age. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 03; 8(3):e250024.
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Racial Disparities in Mother's Own Milk Feedings Persist after Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Breastfeed Med. 2025 Mar; 20(3):187-193.
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Inflammatory Markers in Mother's Own Milk and Infant Stool of Very Low Birthweight Infants. J Hum Lact. 2023 11; 39(4):656-665.
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Infant factors that impact the ecology of human milk secretion and composition-a report from "Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition (BEGIN)" Working Group 3. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 04; 117 Suppl 1:S43-S60.
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Dilemmas in initiation of very preterm infant enteral feeds-when, what, how? J Perinatol. 2023 01; 43(1):108-113.
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Disparities in 6 Month Exclusive Breastfeeding in Ghana, Africa: A Scoping Review. J Hum Lact. 2023 08; 39(3):456-467.
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Breastfeeding Social Support Among African American Women in the United States: A Meta-Ethnography. Adv Neonatal Care. 2023 Feb 01; 23(1):72-80.
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Study protocol for reducing disparity in receipt of mother's own milk in very low birth weight infants (ReDiMOM): a randomized trial to improve adherence to sustained maternal breast pump use. BMC Pediatr. 2022 01 07; 22(1):27.
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Prepregnancy Body Mass Index Is Associated with Time-Dependent Changes in Secretory Activation Measures During the First 7 Days Postpartum in Breast Pump-dependent Mothers of Premature Infants. Breastfeed Med. 2022 02; 17(2):173-181.
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Impaired Lactation: Review of Delayed Lactogenesis and Insufficient Lactation. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2021 Sep; 66(5):631-640.