Newborn skin care

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-7

  Dyer, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryology; Neonate; Skin Care; Vernix

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; ECTODERM; EPIDERMIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIENCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; SKIN STRUCTURE; STRATUM CORNEUM; VERNIX CASEOSA;

BATHS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DETERGENTS; EMOLLIENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; SKIN; SKIN CARE; VERNIX CASEOSA;

EID: 84873896794     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2012.11.008     Document Type: Review

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