Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome following the prevention campaign in New Zealand: A prospective study

Pediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 835-840

  Mitchell, Edwin A ^a,f   Tuohy, Patrick G ^b   Brunt, Jan M ^c   Thompson, John M D ^a   Clements, Mark S ^a   Stewart, Alistair W ^a   Ford, Rodney P K ^d   Taylor, Barry J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Royal New Zealand Plunket Society   (New Zealand)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^d Community Paediatric Unit ^*  (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST FEEDING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

BEDS; BOTTLE FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; NEW ZEALAND; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRONE POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0030832985     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.100.5.835     Document Type: Article

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