The Timing of Skin Acidification in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 272-275

  Fox, Christina ^a   Nelson, David ^a   Wareham, John ^a  

^a METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PH; SKIN; TIME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032113186     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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