Parental estimates of their child's weight: Accurate for resuscitation drug doses

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-21

  Goldman, Ran D ^b   Buskin, Stephen ^b   Augarten, Arie ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Parental weight estimates

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DOSIMETRY; FATHER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PARENT; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0033044109     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199902000-00006     Document Type: Article

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