Car Seat Challenges: Where Are We in Implementation of These Programs?

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 158-163

  Williams, Linda E ^a   Martin, Jeanne E ^a  

^a Methodist Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea; Automotive restraint; Bradycardia; Car safety devices; Car seats infant; Neonatal Intensive care; Newborn; Oxygen desaturation; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL NURSING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037822163     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: 15505073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-200304000-00008     Document Type: Article

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