The apgar score: Simple yet complex

Neonatal Network

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-177

  Rubarth, Lori ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; REVIEW;

APGAR SCORE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84865611325     PISSN: 07300832     EISSN: 15392880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0730-0832.31.3.169     Document Type: Article

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