Changing our understanding of infant colic

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1172-1174

  Barr, Ronald G ^a  

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Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; CRYING; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 0036951583     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.156.12.1172     Document Type: Editorial

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