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International Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatal Care Volume 4 (2018), Article ID 4:IJPNC-139, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2018/139
Research Article
Sacred Hours: Mothers' Experiences of Skin-to-Skin Contact with Their Infants Immediately After Preterm Birth

Raija H. T. Dahlø1,*, Kari Gulla1, Susan Saga1, Laila Kristoffersen2 and Mary-Elizabeth Bradley Eilertsen1

1Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Technology and Science, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
2St. Olavs University Hospital, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
Dr. Raija H. T. Dahlø, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Technology and Science, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway; E-mail: raija.h.dahlo@ntnu.no
11 April 2018; 28 June 2018; 30 June 2018
Dahlø RHT, Gulla K, Saga S, Kristoffersen L, Eilertsen MEB, et al. (2018) Sacred Hours: Mothers' Experiences of Skin-to-Skin Contact with Their Infants Immediately After Preterm Birth. Int J Pediatr Neonat Care 4: 139. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2018/139
© 2018 Dahlø et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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