Infant crying and sleeping in London, Copenhagen and when parents adopt a "proximal" form of care

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  St James Roberts, Ian ^a   Alvarez, Marissa ^b   Csipke, Emese ^a   Abramsky, Tanya ^a   Goodwin, Jennifer ^a   Sorgenfrei, Esther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Care giving; Colic; Infant crying; Infant sleeping; Parental care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DENMARK; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGHT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; CHILD CARE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; STANDARD;

ADULT; CRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; PARENTS; SLEEP;

EID: 33745292627     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2387     Document Type: Article

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