Clinical disturbances of attachment in infancy and early childhood

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-368

  Boris, Neil W ^a   Zeanah, Charles H ^a  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031682179     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199808000-00007     Document Type: Short Survey

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