Plastic wrapping of cot mattresses: Results from a pilot study

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1115, 2000, Pages 326-327

  Mitchell, E A ^a   Subramaniam, K ^b   Blackburn, J ^a   Shooter, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEW ZEALAND; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PILOT PROJECTS; PLASTICS; PREVALENCE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0034636965     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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10. Expert Group to Investigate Cot Death Theories. Limerick SR, chair. Department of Health; 1998.
11. Sprott TJ. The Cot Death Cover Up? Auckland: Penguin; 1996.
12. New Zealand Government. Plastic wrapping regulations. Wellington: 1979.
13. Drago DA, Dannenberg AL. Infant mechanical suffocation deaths in the United States, 1980-1997. Pediatrics 1999; 103: e59.