Living at high altitude and risk of sudden infant death syndrome

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 506-509

  Kohlendorfer, Ursula ^a   Kiechl, Stefan ^a   Sperl, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Children's Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

Altitude; Prone sleeping position; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP PATTERN; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0031736156     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.79.6.506     Document Type: Article

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