Early newborn hospital discharge and readmission for mild and severe jaundice

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1283-1288

  Grupp Phelan, Jacqueline ^a,c   Taylor, James A ^a   Liu, Lenna L ^a   Davis, Robert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032757202     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.12.1283     Document Type: Article

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