Kangaroo mother care in low-income countries

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 279-282

  Cattaneo, Adriano ^a   Davanzo, Riccardo ^a   Bergman, Nils ^b   Charpak, Nathalie ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b ISS World Lab ^*  (South Africa)

^c Fundacion Canguro Bogota   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST FEEDING; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031751029     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.5.279     Document Type: Short Survey

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