Antimony and sudden infant death syndrome

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9109, 1998, Pages 1102-1103

  Boex, T J ^a   Padgham, C ^b   Nurse, P A ^b   Platt, C C ^b   Cox, P ^b   Wigglesworth, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER LEVEL; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0032507469     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79383-1     Document Type: Article

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