The unsettled baby: Crying out for an integrated, multidisciplinary primary care approach

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 533-536

  Douglas, Pamela S ^a,b   Hiscock, Harriet ^c,d  

^a Gladstone Road Medical Centre ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; CISAPRIDE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ALUMINUM BLOOD LEVEL; ANXIETY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRYING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MILK ALLERGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 78149302525     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04039.x     Document Type: Review

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