Infant crying and parent-infant interaction: Theory and measurement

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 452-465

  Drummond, Jane ^a   Letourneau, Nicole ^a   Neufeld, Susan ^a   Harvey, Harriet ^a   Elliott, M Ruth ^a   Reilly, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000678697     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0355(199924)20:4<452::AID-IMHJ6>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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