National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) conference on kernicterus: A population perspective on prevention of kernicterus

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 723-725

  Palmer, R Heather ^a   Keren, Ron ^b,c   Maisels, M Jeffrey ^d   Yeargin Allsopp, Marshalyn ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; RHESUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INCIDENCE; KERNICTERUS; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; KERNICTERUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESEARCH;

EID: 8644248246     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211153     Document Type: Article

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