Sudden death in infants sleeping on polystyrene-filled cushions

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 324, Issue 26, 1991, Pages 1858-1864

  Kemp, James S ^a   Thach, Bradley T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BED; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; RABBIT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ANIMAL; ASPHYXIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYSTYRENES; POSTURE; RABBITS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026432663     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199106273242605     Document Type: Article

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