The empiric use of palm kernel oil in neonatal skin care: Justifiable or not?

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 950-954

  Chiabi, Andreas ^a,b   Kenmogne, Maguerite Hortence ^b   Nguefack, Seraphin ^a,b   Obadeyi, Bolaji ^c   Mah, Evelyne ^a,b   Meka, Franck Zeh ^b   Tchokoteu, Pierre Fernand ^a,b   Mbonda, Elie ^a,b   Ekoe, Tetanye ^b  

^a Yaounde Gynaeco Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c Health Logics   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Neonate; Palm kernel oil; Skin care

Indexed keywords

PALM OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

APNEA; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; DERMATITIS; DRY SKIN; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; LACERATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN CARE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; SKIN;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLANT OILS; SKIN; SKIN CARE;

EID: 84859917890     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-011-0938-1     Document Type: Review

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