Why do babies cry?: We still know too little about what will ease babies' pain

BMJ

Volumn 319, Issue 7222, 1999, Pages 1381-

  Choonara, Imti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NOTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

CRYING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0033610581     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1381     Document Type: Editorial

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