Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 89-96 , April 2010

Parenting and infant sleep

  • Avi Sadeh

      Affiliations

    • The Adler Center for Research in Child Development and Psychopathology, Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +972 36 40 8074.
    • ,
  • Liat Tikotzky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev., Beer Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Anat Scher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2009.05.003

Sleep Medicine Reviews
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