Changes in body temperature after birth in preterm infants stabilised in polythene bags [1]

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Smith, C L ^a   Quine, D ^a   McCrosson, F ^a   Armstrong, L ^a   Lyon, A ^a   Stenson, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PERINATAL CARE; POLYETHYLENE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24044471636     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.061937     Document Type: Letter

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