Taste-mediated calming in premature, preterm, and full-term human infants

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1084-1089

  Smith, Barbara A ^a   Blass, Elliott M ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 21444451945     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.32.6.1084     Document Type: Article

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