The unsettled baby: How complexity Science helps

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 793-796

  Douglas, Pamela Sylvia ^a   Hill, Peter Stewart ^a   Brodribb, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPLEX ADAPATION SYSTEM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FAMILY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MOTHER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST FEEDING; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRRITABLE MOOD; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 80051809073     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.199190     Document Type: Review

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