Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on physical growth, breastfeeding and its acceptability

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 199-202

  Gathwala, Geeta ^a   Singh, Bir ^a   Singh, Jagjit ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES;

BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77957369360     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.090513     Document Type: Article

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