Feasibility, acceptability and cost of kangaroo mother care in Recife, Brazil

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-26

  Lima, Geisy ^a   Quintero Romero, Sofia ^b   Cattaneo, Adriano ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCUBATOR; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; PNEUMONIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTHERS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0034065916     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724930092020     Document Type: Article

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