Sudden infant death syndrome: Near-weightlessness and delayed neural transformation

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 383-387

  Reid, G M ^a   Tervit, H M ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0029920546     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90191-7     Document Type: Article

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