Skin care practices for newborns and infants: Review of the clinical evidence for best practices

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Blume Peytavi, Ulrike ^a   Hauser, Matthias ^b   Stamatas, Georgios N ^b   Pathirana, Delano ^a   Bartels, Natalie Garcia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; SOAP; WATER;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BATH; CHILD CARE; CLEANING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYGIENE; MATURATION; NEONATAL SKIN CONDITION SCORE; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEBUM SECRETION; SKIN CARE; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN SURFACE; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER LOSS;

DERMATITIS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKIN CARE;

EID: 84856217515     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01594.x     Document Type: Review

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