Is baby too warm? The use of infant clothing, bedding and home heating in Victoria, Australia

Early Human Development

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-107

  Watson, Lyndsey ^a   Potter, Anne ^a   Gallucci, Robyn ^b   Lumley, Judith ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bed sharing; Ethnic differences; Home heating; Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLOTHING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEATING; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ADULT; ASIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLOTHING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRONE POSITION; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032577730     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(97)00085-6     Document Type: Article

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