Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Is Infant-Parent Cosleeping Protective?

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 201-216

  McKenna, James J ^a  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care practices; Epidemiology; Evolution; SIDS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000190319     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.25.1.201     Document Type: Article

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