A Comparison of Newborns' NBAS Reflex Responses Using Total and Individual Scores

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-136

  Pressler, Jana L ^b   Hepworth, Joseph T ^c   Appelbaum, Mark I ^a   Sevcik, Rose Harcar ^a   Hoffman, Edward L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; REFERENCE VALUE; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0347877321     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.6.2.123     Document Type: Review

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