Bases for maternal perceptions of infant crying and colic behaviour

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 375-384

  St James Roberts, Ian ^a   Conroy, Susan ^a   Wilsher, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colic; Infant crying; Maternal perceptions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLIC; CRYING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0029836616     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.5.375     Document Type: Article

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