KMC facilitates mother baby attachment in low birth weight infants

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-47

  Gathwala, Geeta ^a   Singh, Bir ^a   Balhara, Bharti ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Attachment; Kangaroo mother care; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCUBATOR; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; OBJECT RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIMULATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 42449103602     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0005-x     Document Type: Article

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