The incubator and the medical discovery of the premature infant

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 321-328

  Baker, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; INFANT; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; UNITED STATES;

FRANCE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCUBATORS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NEONATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034221896     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200377     Document Type: Review

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