A warm touch improves oxygenation in newborn babies

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 170-172

  Daga, S R ^a,b   Ahuja, V K ^a   Lunkad, N G ^a  

^a Cama Albless Hospital   (India)

^b Sir J J Group of Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

EID: 0031810717     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.3.170     Document Type: Article

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