Skin and rectal temperature in newborns

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Helder, Onno K ^a   Twisk, Jos W R ^b   Van Goudoever, Johannes B ^c,d   Van Elburg, Ruurd M ^c  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; INCUBATOR; INFANT MORTALITY; KANGAROO CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84859602531     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02583.x     Document Type: Article

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