Sex Differences in the Activity Level of Infants

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Campbell, Darren W ^a   Eaton, Warren O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity level; Infant; Measurement differences; Meta analysis; Sex differences; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033437230     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-7219(199903)8:1<1::AID-ICD186>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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