Examination of state regulations regarding infants and sleep in licensed child care centers and family child care settings

Pediatrics

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1029-1036

  Moon, Rachel Y ^a,b   Biliter, Wendy M ^a,b   Croskell, Sarah E ^c  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Crib safety; Intervention; Prone position; Sleep position; Smoking regulations; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED; BODY POSITION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SLEEP; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

BEDDING AND LINENS; BEDS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; POSTURE; SAFETY; SLEEP; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035011195     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.5.1029     Document Type: Article

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