Do differences in the prevalence of risk factors explain the higher mortality from sudden infant death syndrome in New Zealand compared with the UK?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1030, 1996, Pages 352-355

  Mitchell, Ed A ^a,d   Esmail, Aneez ^b   Jones, David R ^c   Clements, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST FEEDING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0030603920     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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