Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 230-235 , August 2010

Long term consequences of oxygen therapy in the neonatal period

  • Alan H. Jobe

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Division of Pulmonary Biology, University of Cincinnati, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. Tel.: +1 513 636 8563; fax: +1 513 636 8691.
  • ,
  • Suhas G. Kallapur

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doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2010.03.007

Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 230-235 , August 2010