Thumb-sucking: literature review.
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.
Johnson
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Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.
Larson
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D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005386:Fingersucking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012307:Risk Factors