Simultaneous sudden infant death syndrome: A proposed definition and worldwide review of cases

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-32

  Koehler, Steven A ^a,c   Ladham, Shaun ^b   Shakir, Abdulrezzak ^b   Wecht, Cyril H ^c  

^a Graduate Program of Forensic Epidemiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Allegheny County Coroner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Simultaneous sudden infant death syndrome; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE FINDING; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LITERATURE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TIME OF DEATH; TWINS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TWINS;

EID: 0035098920     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200103000-00004     Document Type: Article

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