Smoking during pregnancy and poor antenatal care: Two major preventable risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 959-965

  Schlaud, M ^a   Kleemann, W J ^a   Poets, C F ^a   Sens, B ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Lower Saxony Perinatal Working Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Public health; Risk; Smoking; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0029911361     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.5.959     Document Type: Article

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