Effect of touch therapy by mothers on weight gaining of preterm newborns

Koomesh

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 240-246

  Keshavars, Maryam ^a   Kiani, Ashrafe ^b   Nasani, Lyla ^a   Hoseini, Agha Fatemeh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Low birth weight; Premature infant; Therapeutic touch; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 83255170930     PISSN: 16087046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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