Non-nutritive sucking in full-term and preterm infants studied at term conceptional age

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1287-1299

  Lundqvist, C ^a,c   Hafstrom M ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Non nutritive sucking; Pacifier user; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032707351     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352599750030455     Document Type: Article

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