Kangaroo care versus incubator care in the management of well preterm infants - A pilot study

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-86

  Kambarami, R A ^a   Chidede, O ^a   Kowo, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PILOT STUDY; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031801326     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747932     Document Type: Article

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