Water and heat - The priority for the newborn infant

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-60

  Sedin, Gunnar ^a   Ågren, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; HEAT; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION;

HEAT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 33645956530     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000-1967-027     Document Type: Article

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