Epidemiology of intrathoracic petechial hemorrhages in sudden infant death syndrome

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 200-209

  Becroft, David M O ^a,b   Thompson, John M D ^a   Mitchell, Edwin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hemorrhage; Petechiae; Risk factors; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN; PERICARDIUM; PLEURA DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PURPURA; RISK; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THYMUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PERICARDIUM; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PURPURA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; THYMUS GLAND; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0032057605     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900027     Document Type: Article

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