Delayed cord clamping and improved infant outcomes

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7836, 2011, Pages 1233-1234

  Van Rheenen, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ANEMIA; EDITORIAL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA TRANSFUSION; POLYCYTHEMIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK REDUCTION; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANEMIA, NEONATAL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 83755184086     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7127     Document Type: Editorial

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