Case-control study of sudden infant death syndrome in Scotland, 1992-5

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7093, 1997, Pages 1516-1520

  Brooke, Hazel ^a   Gibson, Angus ^a   Tappin, David ^a,b   Brown, Helen ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030925867     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7093.1516     Document Type: Article

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