Mothers' concentrations of oxytocin following close, physical interactions with biological and nonbiological children

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-107

  Bick, Johanna ^a   Dozier, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mother child interaction; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249089982     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20411     Document Type: Article

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