The epidemiological study on registered cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Tokyo: Examination of the effect of autopsy on diagnosis of SIDS and the mortality statistics in Japan

Forensic Science International

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-74

  Sawaguchi, Toshiko ^a   Fujita, Toshiharu ^b   Sawaguchi, Akiko ^a   Nishida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Death certificate; Forensic pathology; Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0033995754     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00218-2     Document Type: Article

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