A comparison of the sleep-wake patterns of cosleeping and solitary-sleeping infants

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-105

  Mao, Amy ^a   Burnham, Melissa M ^b   Goodlin Jones, Beth L ^c   Gaylor, Erika E ^d   Anders, Thomas F ^e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cosleeping; infants; sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; NIGHT SLEEP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 10244255068     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-004-1879-0     Document Type: Article

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