The impact of breast milk feeding on early brain development in preterm infants in China: An observational study

• Yao Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yao Zhang, Qingqi Deng

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8305-4359

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• Qingqi Deng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yao Zhang, Qingqi Deng

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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• Jinhua Wang ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JW and HW also contributed equally to this work as second authors.

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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• Hua Wang ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  ¶‡ JW and HW also contributed equally to this work as second authors.

  Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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• Qiufang Li,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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• Binghua Zhu,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China

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• Chai Ji,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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• Xinfen Xu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision

  * E-mail: xuxinf@zju.edu.cn (XX); linda.johnston@utoronto.ca (LJ)

  Affiliations Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Department of Nursing, Haining Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Haining, Zhejiang, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4641-5802

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• Linda Johnston

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: xuxinf@zju.edu.cn (XX); linda.johnston@utoronto.ca (LJ)

  Affiliation Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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