Acupressure and meridian massage: Combined effects on increasing body weight in premature infants

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1174-1181

  Chen, Li Li ^a   Su, Yi Chang ^a   Su, Chia Hsien ^b   Lin, Hung Chih ^b   Kuo, Hsien Wen ^a,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Body weight; Massage; Nurses; Nursing; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ARTICLE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; TAIWAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACUPRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; POSTNATAL CARE; TAIWAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 42349085029     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02147.x     Document Type: Article

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