The epidemic of SIDS in Norway 1967-93: Changing effects of risk factors

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-27

  Daltveit, Anne Kjersti ^a,c   Øyen, Nina ^a   Skjrven, Rolv ^b   Irgens, Lorentz M ^a   Daltveit, A K ^a   Irgens, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b University of Bergen   (Netherlands)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth order; Maternal age; Norway; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; NORWAY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0030790194     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.1.23     Document Type: Article

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