Sleeping position and upper airways bacterial flora: Relevance to cot death

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 170-172

  Bell, S ^a   Crawley, B A ^a   Oppenheim, B A ^a   Drucker, D B ^b   Morris, J A ^c  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sleeping position; Sudden infant death syndrome; Upper airways bacterial flora

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030022384     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.49.2.170     Document Type: Article

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