The calming effect of a familiar odor on full-term newborns

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-92

  Rattaz, Cécile ^a   Goubet, Nathalie ^b   Bullinger, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Familiarity; Newborns; Olfaction; Pain relief

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BREAST MILK; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMELLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VANILLA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODORS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SMELL;

EID: 17844372184     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200504000-00003     Document Type: Article

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