Disparities in breastfeeding outcomes among women with opioid use disorder

Julia M Stephen¹, Shikhar Shrestha², Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez^{3

4}, Sonnie M Williams², Alyssa Ortega², Sandra Cano², Lawrence Leeman⁵, Ludmila N Bakhireva^{2

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5}

Affiliations

¹ The Mind Research Network and Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
² Substance Use Research and Education (SURE) Center, University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
³ Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
⁴ Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventive Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
⁵ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

Julia M Stephen et al. Acta Paediatr. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;109(5):1064-1066.

doi: 10.1111/apa.15107. Epub 2019 Dec 9.

Julia M Stephen¹, Shikhar Shrestha², Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez^{3

4}, Sonnie M Williams², Alyssa Ortega², Sandra Cano², Lawrence Leeman⁵, Ludmila N Bakhireva^{2

4

5}

¹ The Mind Research Network and Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
² Substance Use Research and Education (SURE) Center, University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
³ Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
⁴ Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventive Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
⁵ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Statement: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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