Massage therapy for infants of depressed mothers

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-112

  Field, Tiffany ^a   Grizzle, Nancy ^b   Scafidi, Frank ^b   Abrams, Sonya ^b   Richardson, Sarah ^b   Kuhn, Cynthia ^b   Schanberg, Saul ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Depressed mothers; Infants; Massage therapy; Rocking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029686962     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(96)90048-X     Document Type: Article

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