Understanding neonatal jaundice: UK practice and international profile

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 202-206

  Shortland, David B ^a   Hussey, Martin ^a   Chowdhury, Ashoka Dey ^a  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Management; Neonatal jaundice; Recognition

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN METABOLISM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERNICTERUS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL;

EID: 46249131576     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466424008092229     Document Type: Article

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