The Contribution of Changes in the Prevalence of Prone Sleeping Position to the Decline in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Tasmania

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 273, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 783-789

  Dwyer, Terence ^a   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^a   Blizzard, Leigh ^a   Newman, Neville M ^a   Cochrane, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0028907932     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03520340039033     Document Type: Article

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