Higher rectal temperatures in co-sleeping infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-250

  Tuffnell, C S ^a   Petersen, S A ^a   Wailoo, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed sharing; Body temperature; Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SLEEP PATTERN; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0029786940     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.3.249     Document Type: Article

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