Preschool children's sleep and wake behavior: Effects of massage therapy

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-44

  Field, Tiffany ^a   Kilmer, Tracy ^a   Hernandez Reif, Maria ^a   Burman, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0002394902     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443961200104     Document Type: Article

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