Case-control study of current validity of previously described risk factors for SIDS in the Netherlands

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 386-393

  L'Hoir, M P ^a   Engelberts, A C ^b   Van Well, G Th J ^a   Westers, P ^c   Mellenbergh, G J ^d   Wolters, W H G ^a   Huber, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TWINS;

EID: 0031789173     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.79.5.386     Document Type: Article

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