Suckling behavior as a function of gestational age: A cross-sectional study

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-94

  Medoff Cooper, Barbara ^a   B Bilker, Warren ^a   Kaplan, Joel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Full term infants; Gestational age; Premature infants; Sucking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010067161     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(01)00063-7     Document Type: Article

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