The changing epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome in Austria: Reality or fallacy?;Zunahme und Ruckgang des plotzliches Kindestodes in Osterreich: Ist die Entwicklung der SIDS-Inzidenz reell oder virtuell?

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 438-441

  Paky, F ^a   Kytir, J ^b  

^a Abt F Kinder und Jugendheilkunde   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

classification of causes of death; incidence; postneonatal mortality; prevention; sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRIA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0029946607     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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