Infant Irritability and Early Mother-Infant Reciprocity Patterns

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 71-84

  Lowinger, Susan ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Consolability; Irritability; Mother infant reciprocity; NBAS K; Physical interaction; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033456007     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-7219(199906)8:2<71::AID-ICD191>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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