The importance of delayed cord clamping for *Aboriginal babies: A life-enhancing advantage

Women and Birth

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 165-170

  Weckert, Rosemary ^a   Hancock, Heather ^b  

^a ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cord clamping; Fetal iron stores; Labour stage, third; Midwifery; Newborn; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

IRON; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RH; BODY POSITION; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLAMP; DELAYED CORD CLAMPING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; JAUNDICE; LABOR STAGE 3; MIDWIFE; NAUSEA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; POLYCYTHEMIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUERPERIUM; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; UMBILICAL CORD; VOMITING; WELLBEING;

EID: 55749110556     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2008.09.004     Document Type: Note

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