Prenatal Development and Risk

Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 505-542

  Fifer, William P ^a   Monk, Catherine E ^b   Grose Fifer, Jill ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing embryo; Earliest sensations; Emerging behavioral repertoire; Nervous system development; Prenatal development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948110945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996348.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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