Newborns of mothers with depressive symptoms are less expressive
β Scribed by Brenda Lundy; Tiffany Field; Jeffrey Pickens
- Book ID
- 114127407
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 644 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-6383
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