Infant sleep position in licensed child care centers

Pediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-78

  Gershon, Naomi B ^a,b   Moon, Rachel Y ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child care; Sleep position; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; PRONE POSITION; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0030794670     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.100.1.75     Document Type: Article

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