Maternal axillar and breast temperature after giving birth: Effects of delivery ward practices and relation to infant temperature

Birth

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 291-300

  Bystrova, Ksenia ^a,b   Matthiesen, Ann Sofi ^c   Vorontsov, Igor ^b   Widström, Ann Marie ^a   Ransjö Arvidson, Anna Berit ^a   Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SAINT PETERSBURG STATE PEDIATRIC MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early postpartal period; Infant's axillar and foot temperature; Maternal axillar and breast temperature; Separation; Skin to skin contact; Suckling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NURSERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZATION; SUCKLING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORAX;

AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 36248966119     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2007.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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