Distinguishing infant prolonged crying from sleep-waking problems

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 340-344

  St James Roberts, Ian ^a   Peachey, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CRYING; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED CRYING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 79953189337     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.200204     Document Type: Article

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