Kangaroo mother care-an alternative to conventional care

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 497-503

  Thukral, Anu ^a   Chawla, Deepak ^a   Agarwal, Ramesh ^a   Deorari, Ashok K ^a   Paul, Vinod K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Kangaroo mother care; Skin contact and breast feeding; Skin to skin contact; Thermal care low birth weight

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; GROWTH CURVE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTHER; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PREMATURITY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST FEEDING; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 44949116317     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0077-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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