The effect of three nursing interventions on thermoregulation in low birth weight infants

Neonatal Network

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 160-164

  Lewis, Debra A ^a   Sanders, Lynda P ^b   Brockopp, Dorothy Y ^b  

^a CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052568440     PISSN: 07300832     EISSN: 15392880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0730-0832.30.3.160     Document Type: Article

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