Relationship of Neonatal Oral Motor Assessment Scale to feeding performance of premature infants

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-36

  Bingham, Peter M ^a   Ashikaga, Taka ^b   Abbasi, Soraya ^c  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour state; Feeding behaviors; Non nutritive sucking; Premature infant; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856954520     PISSN: 13551841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnn.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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