Near-term/Late Preterm Infants

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-71

  Bakewell Sachs, Susan ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Late preterm; Near term; Newborn; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250356487     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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