Soothing effect of amniotic fluid smell in newborn infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-55

  Varendi, Heili ^a   Christensson, Kyllike ^b   Porter, Richard H ^c,d   Winberg, Jan ^e  

^a Tartu University Children's Hospital   (Estonia)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Association learning; Crying; Newborn; Smell

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; UTERUS;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; BREAST; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODORS;

EID: 0032540365     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(97)00082-0     Document Type: Article

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