Infant pacifiers: An overview

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-331

  Schwartz, Richard H ^a,c   Guthrie, Keira L ^b  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Schwartz and Spratt PLC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant pacifier; Sleep disturbance; Sucking drive

Indexed keywords

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; ORTHODONTICS; PACIFIER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

BREAST FEEDING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PACIFIERS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 42049094226     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922807309069     Document Type: Note

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