A controlled trial of skin-to-skin contact in extremely preterm infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 447-455

  Miles, Rachel ^a   Cowan, Frances ^a   Glover, Vivette ^a   Stevenson, Jim ^b   Modi, Neena ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cortisol; Maternal mental state; Outcome; Preterm infant; Skin to skin

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MEMORY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LACTATION; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOUCH;

EID: 33745511765     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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