Recovering Urine from Diapers: Are Test Results Accurate?

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 96-102

  Kirkpatrick, Jane M ^a   Alexander, Jackie ^b   Cain, Roxanna M ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Culver Union Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TIME; URINALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031092951     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-199703000-00012     Document Type: Article

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