Iatrogenic Environmental Hazards in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 163-181

  Lai, Thomas T ^a   Bearer, Cynthia F ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLHEXYLPHTHALATE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; INTRALIPID; PLASTICIZER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURN; CAREGIVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG USE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOISE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; SOUND;

DRUG THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LIGHTING; NOISE; PLASTICIZERS; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 39049083895     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2007.11.003     Document Type: Review

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