Impact of massage therapy on health outcomes among orphaned infants in Ecuador: Results of a randomized clinical trial

Family and Community Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 314-319

  Jump, Vonda K ^a   Fargo, Jamison D ^a   Akers, James F ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrheal disease; Infant massage; Infants in orphanages; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748767670     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200610000-00009     Document Type: Article

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