Head turning and face-down positioning in prone-sleeping premature infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 558-562

  Constantin, Evelyn ^a,b   Waters, Karen A ^a,b   Morielli, Angela ^a,b   Brouillette, Robert T ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0033497430     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70240-4     Document Type: Article

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