The black infant's susceptibility to sudden infant death syndrome and respiratory infection in late infancy

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-37

  Spiers, Philip S ^a   Guntheroth, Warren G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Infant mortality; Infection; Respiratory system; SIDS; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035183426     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200101000-00007     Document Type: Article

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