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Crying in the first year of infancy: Patterns and prevalence

A. McGlaughlin Division of Psychology, Department of Social Sciences, The Nottingham Trent University, UK
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A. Grayson Centre for Human Development and Learning, School of Education, The Open University, UK
Pages 47-59 | Published online: 04 Aug 2010

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