Pertussis epidemic and sudden infant death syndrome

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 449-452

  Jan, Mohammed M S ^a,c   Halperin, Scott ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERTUSSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0031824897     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289803700710     Document Type: Article

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