Sleep position and sudden infant death syndrome in the United States

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-329

  Klonoff Cohen, Hillary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PRONE POSITION; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030935476     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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