Development and application of the infant behavior observation scale

Wenfei Wei1, Juan Zhao2, Yuhan Shi3

  • 1Department of Neonatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China; School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

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