The effect of sounds on newborn infants under stress

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 375-379

  Kawakami, Kiyobumi ^a,d   Takai Kawakami, Kiyoko ^b   Kurihara, Hiroyuki ^c   Shimizu, Yukiko ^c   Yanaihara, Takumi ^c  

^a University of the Sacred Heart   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Univ Sacred H   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Heartbeat sounds; Newborn infants; Stress; White noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000552181     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(96)90036-3     Document Type: Article

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