Excessive exposure of sick neonates to sound during transport

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Buckland, L ^b   Austin, N ^b   Jackson, A ^b   Inder, T ^a,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHRISTCHURCH WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY;

EID: 0344084119     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 13592998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.88.6.f513     Document Type: Article

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