Risk factors of sudden infant death in Chinese babies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1070-1073

  Knöbel, Harald H ^a   Yang, Wen Shan ^a   Chen, Chien Jen ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

birth order; birth weight; gestational age; socioeconomic factors; sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINESE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 0029852165     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008880     Document Type: Article

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