The effects of massage on the process of physical growth among low-weight neonates

Journal of Isfahan Medical School

Volumn 29, Issue 165, 2012, Pages

  Hosseinzadeh, Khoshrouze ^a   Azima, Sara ^b   Keshavarz, Tahereh ^b   Karamizadeh, Zohreh ^c   Zare, Najaf ^c  

^a ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Massage; Neonate; Physical growth

Indexed keywords

SESAME SEED OIL;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; IRAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MASSAGE; NEWBORN; PUERPERIUM; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84856824653     PISSN: 10277595     EISSN: 1735854X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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