Kangaroo Skin-to-skin care for premature twins and their adolescent parents

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 92-94

  Dombrowski, Mary Alice S ^a   Anderson, Gene Cranston ^a   Santori, Cathy ^a   Roller, Cyndi G ^a,b   Pagliotti, Francesca ^a   Dowling, Donna A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Womens Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent parenting; Infant, premature, Kangaroo care; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; TWINS;

EID: 0034152084     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200003000-00009     Document Type: Article

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