What is kangaroo mother care? Systematic review of the literature

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Chan, Grace J ^a,b,c   Valsangkar, Bina ^c   Kajeepeta, Sandhya ^b   Boundy, Ellen O ^b   Wall, Stephen ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MOTHERS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84999106841     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.06.010701     Document Type: Article

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