Neonatal skin care

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 757-782

  Darmstadt, Gary L ^a,b   Dinulos, James G ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMIS; HEAT LOSS; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; SKIN PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0033942205     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3955(05)70239-X     Document Type: Article

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