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Research Article

Paternal postnatal depressive symptoms, infant sleeping and feeding behaviors, and rigid parental regulation: a correlational study

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Pages 124-131 | Received 28 Jan 2014, Accepted 27 Aug 2014, Published online: 30 Sep 2014

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