Problems on the diagnosis of sudden infant death syndrome

Pediatrics International

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 559-565

  Hata, Katsuhiko ^a   Funayama, Masato ^a   Tokudome, Shogo ^b   Morita, Masahiko ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Autopsy; Medical examiner; SIDS; SUD

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTURE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0030808627     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1997.tb03641.x     Document Type: Article

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