Accidental Bed Deaths in Infants due to Unsafe Sleeping Situations

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1977, Pages 1031-1036

  Smialek, J E ^a,b   Smialek, P Z ^a,c   Spitz, W U ^a,d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

^c Educational Association Inc ^*  (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ASPHYXIA; CHILD; ETIOLOGY; FATALITY; INJURY; PREVENTION; SLEEP; SUDDEN DEATH;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; CASE REPORT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICHIGAN; POSTURE; SAFETY; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0017669670     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992287701601113     Document Type: Article

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