Mothers' depressed mood and anxiety levels are reduced after massaging their preterm infants.

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Published in Infant Behav Dev on March 27, 2006

Authors

Larissa Feijó1, Maria Hernandez-Reif, Tiffany Field, William Burns, Sarah Valley-Gray, Edward Simco

Author Affiliations

1: Touch Research Institutes, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101, USA.

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