How accurate are neonatologists in identifying clinical jaundice in newborns?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-158

  Riskin, Arieh ^a,b   Abend Weinger, Martha ^a   Bader, David ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0037334749     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280304200209     Document Type: Article

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