The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 5 , Pages 607-611 , May 2008

From Liquid to Air: Breathing after Birth

  • Arjan B. te Pas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Newborn Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Arjan B. te Pas, The Division of Newborn Services, Royal Women's Hospital,132 Grattan Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia.
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  • Peter G. Davis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Newborn Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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  • Stuart B. Hooper, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
    • ,
  • Colin J. Morley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Newborn Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Received 5 July 2007 ,Revised 19 September 2007 ,Accepted 24 October 2007.

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 Supported by a Ter Meulen Fund grant for working visits, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, The Netherlands.

PII: S0022-3476(07)01037-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.10.041

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 5 , Pages 607-611 , May 2008

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