Infant sleep position, head shape concerns, and sleep positioning devices

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-248

  Hutchison, Lynne ^a   Stewart, Alistair ^a   Mitchell, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Infant care; Non synostotic plagiocephaly; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CHILD CARE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEW ZEALAND; PARENTING EDUCATION; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VOMITING; ATTITUDE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; NEW ZEALAND; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 34147097976     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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