Sudden infant death syndrome in Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infants: An analytical comparison

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 309-318

  Alessandri, Louisa M ^a   Read, Anne W ^a   Burton, Paul R ^a   Stanley, Fiona J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0030055961     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1996.tb00053.x     Document Type: Article

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