Phototherapy device effectiveness in Nigeria: irradiance assessment and potential for improvement.

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

• Publication date

  2013-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1093/tropej/fmt027PMID 23666953
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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