Effect of kangaroo mother care on premature infants' physiological, behavioral and psychosocial outcomes in Ain Shams maternity and Gynecological Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Life Science Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 703-716

  Mohammed El Nagger, Nahed Saied ^a,d   Abed El Azim, Hoda ^b,d   Mahmoud Zaki Hassan, Sahar ^c,d  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Conventional care; Kangaroo mother care (KMC); Premature infants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878982338     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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