Kangaroo Mother Care, an example to follow from developing countries

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7475, 2004, Pages 1179-1181

  Ruiz Peláez, Juan Gabriel ^a   Charpak, Nathalie ^b   Cuervo, Luis Gabriel ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b Kangaroo Foundation   (Colombia)

^c BMJ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWEDEN;

EID: 8744266372     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7475.1179     Document Type: Review

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