Hypernatraemia in the first few days: Is the incidence rising?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Laing, I A ^a   Wong, C M ^a  

^a Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT FEEDING; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0036830428     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.87.3.f158     Document Type: Review

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