Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 85-87 , April 2010

Rock-a-bye baby? Parenting and infant sleep

Received 15 October 2009

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doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2009.10.005

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 85-87 , April 2010

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