Non-pharmacological analgesia: Effective but underused

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 784-785

  Ismail, Abdul Qader Tahir ^a   Gandhi, Anjum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESIA; BREAST FEEDING; HUMAN; LETTER; NEWBORN CARE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANALGESIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAIN; PHLEBOTOMY; SUCROSE;

EID: 79960564059     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2011.211904     Document Type: Letter

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