How much does your baby cry? Expectations, patterns and perceptions of infant crying in Mexico.
Background A limited number of studies have examined infant crying patterns in less affluent societies, but none of them have been longitudinal in nature. The aim of this study was to describe reported infant crying patterns in a cohort of Mexican infants and examine how these are associated with cr...
| Publicado en: | Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México Vol. 71; no. 4; pp. 202 - 211 |
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