Infant crying, risk status and social support in families of preterm and term infants

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-39

  Zachariah Boukydis, C F ^a,b   Lester, Barry M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant crying; Prematurity; Risk; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742532146     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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