Sex differences in newborn interaction with mother or father during skin-to-skin contact after Caesarean section

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 360-367

  Velandia, Marianne ^a   Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin ^b   Nissen, Eva ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Caesarean section; Newborn behaviour; Sex; Skin to skin contact

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KANGAROO CARE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOUCH;

BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CRYING; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 84858081656     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02523.x     Document Type: Article

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