Honey pacifier use among an indigent pediatric population

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Benjamins, Laura J ^a   Gourishankar, Anand ^b   Yataco Marquez, Vanessa ^c   Hernandez Cardona, Elizabeth ^d   De Ybarrondo, Lisa ^b  

^a Division of Laboratory Medicine   (United States)

^b Division of Community and General Pediatrics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Food borne botulism; Herbal medicine; Honey; Infantile; Knowledge; Pacifiers

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; HONEY PACIFIER; HUMAN; INFANT; PACIFIER; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878696131     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3835     Document Type: Article

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