Myth of neonatal umbilical cord care

Journal of Nursing

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 80-86

  Liu, Mei Fang ^a   Lee, Tzu Ying ^b,c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c The Environmental Analysis Laboratory   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Neonates; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NURSING CARE; UMBILICAL CORD;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NURSING CARE; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 70350153285     PISSN: 0047262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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