Laboratory Evaluation of Jaundice in Newborns: Frequency, Cost, and Yield

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 364-368

  Newman, Thomas B ^a   Easterling, M Janet ^a   Goldman, Eric S ^a   Stevenson, David K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; SAN FRANCISCO; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025161908     PISSN: 0002922X     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1990.02150270114039     Document Type: Article

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