Use of a pacifier and behavioural features in 2-4-month-old infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1258-1261

  Kelmanson, I A ^a  

^a St Petersburg State Paediatr MA ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Infants; Pacifier; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCKING; TEMPERAMENT;

BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT CARE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032706371     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352599750030392     Document Type: Article

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