Behavioral gender differences in the neonatal period according to the Brazelton scale

Early Human Development

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-97

  Boatella Costa, E ^a   Costas Moragas, C ^a   Botet Mussons, F ^b   Fornieles Deu, A ^a   De Caceres Zurita M L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c Oncolliga Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BRAZELTON NEONATAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 33846572799     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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