Environmental light and the preterm infant

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-298

  Fielder, Alistair R ^a,b   Moseley, Merrick J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LIGHT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RETINA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0033848196     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sper.2000.8597     Document Type: Article

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