Population-based recurrence risk of sudden infant death syndrome compared with other infant and fetal deaths

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 300-305

  Øyen, Nina ^a   Skjærven, Rolv ^a   Irgens, Lorentz M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

fetal death; genetics; infant mortality; infant, premature; population; recurrence; risk; sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PREMATURITY; RECURRENCE RISK; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0029809752     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008925     Document Type: Article

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