Skin care for the newborn

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 593-598

  Sarkar, Rashmi ^a   Basu, Srikanta ^b   Agrawal, R K ^b,c   Gupta, Piyush ^d  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^c RK Hospital   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Newborn; Skin care

Indexed keywords

SHAMPOO; SOAP;

AXILLA; BATH; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLEANING; FRICTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INGUINAL REGION; MOISTURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; POWDER; REVIEW; SCALP; SKIN CARE; SKIN FLORA; SKIN INJURY; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PROTECTION; VERNIX CASEOSA; WEATHER;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; SKIN CARE; VERNIX CASEOSA;

EID: 78650994385     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-010-0132-0     Document Type: Review

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