Cleaning solutions and bacterial colonization in promoting healing and early separation of the umbilical cord in healthy newborns

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 380-382

  Medves, Jennifer M ^a   O'Brien, Beverley A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIRTH; CLEANING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; UMBILICAL CORD; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031453834     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403910     Document Type: Article

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