Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 94-100 , June 2008

Quality Improvement Analysis of Developmental Care in Infants Less Than 1500 Grams at Birth

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 The study took place at the NICU at University Hospital, Cincinnati, OH. This was supported by a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U10 HD27853).

 Source of data: Child Policy Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7014, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, www.cprc-chmc.uc.edu.

PII: S1527-3369(08)00038-X

doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2008.03.011

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 94-100 , June 2008

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