Temperature Control in Newborn Infants

Fetal and Neonatal Physiology: Third Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2003, Pages 548-569

  Sahni, Rakesh ^a,b   Schulze, Karl ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-9654-6.50059-X     Document Type: Chapter

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