title: Thumb-sucking: literature review.
abstract: A multidisciplinary literature review of nonnutritive-sucking habits is presented. The causes, prevalence, and risks of these habits are discussed, and factors that contribute to the severity of the habit are identified.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005386:Fingersucking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012307:Risk Factors