Links between infant crying and sleep-waking at six weeks of age

Early Human Development

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 143-152

  St James Roberts, Ian ^a   Conroy, Sue ^a   Hurry, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colic; Diurnal cycles; Infant crying; Infant sleeping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; FEEDING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYING; EATING; HUMANS; INFANT; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030957463     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(96)01845-2     Document Type: Article

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