Delayed cord clamping: Advantages for infants

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-139

  Coggins, Margi ^a,b   Mercer, Judith ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 65249154115     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2009.01404.x     Document Type: Article

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