Kangaroo Mother Care - A review

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-82

  Hall, D ^a   Kirsten, G ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Kangaroo Mother Care; Low birth weight; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KANGAROO CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN CARE; PHLEBOTOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACROPODIDAE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 42049105390     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2007.00812.x     Document Type: Review

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