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Rita G. Harper

Born  1934
Died  

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American physician (f), born 1934.

Biography of Rita G. Harper

Bibliography

  • Rita G. Harper, Eduvigis Carrera, Stuart Weiss and Michael Luongo:
    A Complete Computerized Program for Nutritional Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery.
    American Journal of Perinatology, April 1985, Volume 2, No. 2: 161-162.

  • Rita G. Harper, Jing Ja Yoon (1941-):
    Handbook of neonatology.
    718 pages. Chicago, Year Book Medical Publishers, 2nd edition, 1986.

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