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Bradley-Stevenson C, et al. (2007). Otitis media in children (acute), search date January 2007. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence. Also available online: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.

Van Norman RA (2001). Why we can't afford to ignore prolonged digit sucking. Contemporary Pediatrics, 18(6): 61-81.

Christophersen ER, Mortweet SL (2001). Diagnosis and management of habit disorders. In Treatments That Work With Children, chap. 3, pp. 79-97. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Other Works Consulted

American Academy of Pediatrics (2010). Pacifiers and thumb sucking. Available online: http://www.healthychildren.org.

Brazelton TB (2006). Touchpoints, Birth to Three: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development, 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press.

Christensen JR, et al. (2005). Oral habits. In JR Pinkham et al., eds., Pediatric Dentistry: Infancy Through Adolescence, 4th ed., pp. 431-439. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders.

Gabby T (2003). Compulsive behaviors: Habits to tics. In CD Rudolph et al., eds. Rudolph's Pediatrics, 21st ed., pp. 459-463. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical.

Gleason MM, et al. (2007). Habit and tic disorders. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 115-116. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

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Last Updated: September 09, 2010

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