Music enhances sleep in preschool children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-68

  Field, Tiffany ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Music; Preschool children; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444315557     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443991500106     Document Type: Article

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