Infant room-sharing and prone sleep position in sudden infant death syndrome

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8993, 1996, Pages 7-12

  Scragg, R K R ^a   Mitchell, E A ^a   Stewart, A W ^a   Ford, R P K ^c   Taylor, B J ^b   Hassall, I B ^d   Williams, S M ^b   Thompson, J M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Healthlink South ^*  (New Zealand)

^d Independent Children's Advocate   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0030031846     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91554-8     Document Type: Article

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