Physiological measures of assessing infant pain: A literature review

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 1370-1376

  Raeside, Lavinia ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neonate; Pain assessment; Physiological indicators; Qualitative methods; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255163687     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2011.20.21.1370     Document Type: Article

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