Effects of skin-to-skin holding on general movements of preterm infants

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 467-471

  Constantinou, Janet C ^a,d   Adamson Macedo, Elvidina N ^b   Stevenson, David K ^a   Mirmiran, Majid ^c   Fleisher, Barry E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; REST; TOUCH; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0032774240     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903800805     Document Type: Article

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