Carbon monoxide - Does fetal exposure cause sudden infant death syndrome?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-4

  Hutter, C D D ^a   Blair, M E ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030047951     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90225-X     Document Type: Article

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