Do pregnancy and childbirth adversities predict infant crying and colic? Findings and recommendations

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 313-320

  St James Roberts, Ian ^a   Conroy, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Childbirth adversities; Cigarette smoking during pregnancy; Infant crying; Obstetric complications; Pregnancy adversities; Reproductive adversities

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHILDBIRTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLIC; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYING; EMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABOR; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 16244365857     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2005.01.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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