The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 150, Issue 3 , Pages 224-228 , March 2007

Car Seat or Car Bed for Very Low Birth Weight Infants at Discharge Home

Received 27 April 2006 ,Revised 19 August 2006 ,Accepted 19 October 2006.

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PII: S0022-3476(06)01037-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.10.068

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 150, Issue 3 , Pages 224-228 , March 2007

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