Transcutaneous bilirubinometers and ethnicity

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Thomson, J ^a   Culley, V ^b   Monfrinoli, A ^b   Sinha, A ^b  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILIRUBIN; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; NEONATAL SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 55349129987     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.145060     Document Type: Letter

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