Is sunlight an effective treatment for infants with jaundice?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 403-

  Johnston, Renea V ^a   Anderson, Jeremy N ^a   Prentice, Cheryl ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; SHORT SURVEY; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0038299004     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05260.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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