Side sleeping position and bed sharing in the sudden infant death syndrome

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-349

  Scragg, Robert K R ^a   Mitchell, Edwin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bed sharing; Sleeping position; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY POSITION; BREAST FEEDING; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SLEEP; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0031664746     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899809029933     Document Type: Article

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