Behaviour and physiological responses during prone and supine sleep in early infancy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 320-324

  Skadberg, B T ^a,b   Markestad, T ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Sleeping position; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP PATTERN; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0030908932     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.4.320     Document Type: Article

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