Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 12-20 , February 2003

Infants with colic: Their childhood characteristics

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☆ This research was supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research as a National Research Service Award (NR07010-02), as well as a grant from Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society.

☆☆ Address correspondence and reprint requests to Madalynn Neu, RN, PhD, Box C 288, University of Colorado, 4200 E. Ninth Ave., Denver, CO 80262.

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doi: 10.1053/jpdn.2003.3

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 12-20 , February 2003

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