Month of birth as an independent variable in the sudden infant death syndrome

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-66

  Douglas, A Stuart ^a,b   Gupta, Ramyani ^a   Helms, Peter J ^a   Jolliffe, Ian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; PREGNANCY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIANCE; WINTER;

EID: 0031403762     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1997.d01-8.x     Document Type: Article

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