Putting co-sleeping into perspective

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-101

  Blair, Peter S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED SHARING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANCY; MILK PRODUCTION; MORBIDITY; OXYGENATION; PREVALENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; THERMOREGULATION; WAKEFULNESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; ROOMING-IN CARE; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 43049127200     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1775     Document Type: Editorial

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