Is sudden infant death syndrome still more common in low birthweight infants in the 1990s?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 411-413

  Sowter, Beverley ^a   Doyle, Lex W ^a   Morley, Colin J ^a   Altmann, Anne ^b   Halliday, Jane ^c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Consultative Cncl Obstetric P ^*  (Australia)

^c Vic Perinatal Data Collection Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0033581667     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123719.x     Document Type: Article

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