Infant skin-cleansing product versus water: A pilot randomized, assessor-blinded controlled trial

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lavender, Tina ^a   Bedwell, Carol ^a   O'Brien, Ediri ^a   Cork, Michael J ^b   Turner, Mark ^c   Hart, Anna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; SKIN CLEANSING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; DETERGENT;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BATH; CHILD CARE; COTTON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PH; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CARE; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; THIGH; WOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

BATHS; DETERGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN CARE; WATER;

EID: 79955857020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-35     Document Type: Article

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