Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 107-113 , June 2010

Lighting for Today's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

  • Patricia Rizzo, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Patricia Rizzo, MSc, LEED AP, Assoc. IALD, Adjunct Professor, Design Program Manager, Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 21 Union Street, Troy, NY 12180.
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  • Mark Rea, PhD
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  • Robert White, MD

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PII: S1527-3369(10)00032-2

doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2010.03.007

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 107-113 , June 2010