Decision-making in neonatal intensive care: Interventions on behalf of preterm infants

NeoReviews

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Partridge, John Colin ^a   Dickey, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77149152563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/neo.10-6-e270     Document Type: Review

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