Clinical usefulness of maternal odor in newborns: Soothing and feeding preparatory responses

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 402-408

  Sullivan, Regina M ^a   Toubas, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crying; Feeding preparation; Maternal odor; Mother infant interactions; Olfaction; Soothing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

CRYING; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; ODORS; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031760485     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014061     Document Type: Article

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