@article{ref1,
title="Infant crying and abuse",
journal="Lancet",
year="2004",
author="Reijneveld, Sijmen A. and van der Wal, M. F. and Brugman, E. and Sing, Remy A. Hira and Verloove-Vanhorick, S. P.",
volume="364",
number="9442",
pages="1340-1342",
abstract="Child abuse and neglect are important causes of child morbidity and death. We assessed potentially detrimental parental actions induced by infant crying in 3259 infants aged 1-6 months, in the Netherlands. In infants aged 6 months, 5.6% (95% CI 4.2-7.0) of parents reported having smothered, slapped, or shaken their baby at least once because of its crying. The risks of detrimental actions were highest for parents from non-industrialised countries, those with either no job or a job with short working hours, and those who judged their infant's crying to be excessive. Clinicians should be aware of the risks of abuse in children known to cry a lot and should target interventions at parents to help them cope with this crying.",
language="",
issn="0140-6736",
doi="10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17191-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17191-2"
}