Lavender bath oil reduces stress and crying and enhances sleep in very young infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 399-401

  Field, Tiffany ^a,b   Field, Tory ^a   Cullen, Christy ^a   Largie, Shay ^a   Diego, Miguel ^a   Schanberg, Saul ^c   Kuhn, Cynthia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Lavender

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LAVENDER OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LEISURE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP; STRESS;

ADULT; AROMATHERAPY; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAMIACEAE; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 43449135598     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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