Jaundice noted in the first 24 hours after birth in a managed care organization

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1244-1250

  Newman, Thomas B ^a,b,c   Liljestrand, Petra ^a,c   Escobar, Gabriel J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0036955486     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.156.12.1244     Document Type: Article

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