PRIMARY CARE of the Premature Infant Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 77-85

  Ritchie, Susan K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Discharge; NICU; Premature; Primary

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042914866     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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