Thirty years of kangaroo care science and practice

Neonatal Network

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 357-362

  Ludington Hoe, Susan M ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Institute for Kangaroo Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING;

CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEONATAL NURSING;

EID: 84857087979     PISSN: 07300832     EISSN: 15392880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0730-0832.30.5.357     Document Type: Article

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