Timing of passage of first meconium and stooling pattern in normal Nigerian newborns

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-133

  Ameh, N ^a   Ameh, E A ^a,b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; COLON MOTILITY; DEFECATION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SECRETION; TIME;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MECONIUM; NIGERIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650473999     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532809X440743     Document Type: Article

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