Making sense of the risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): Infection and inflammation

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 219-229

  Blackwell, C C ^a   Gordon, A E ^a   James, V S ^a   Mackenzie, D A C ^a   Weir, D M ^a   Busuttil, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial toxins; Cigarette smoke; Inflammation; Risk factors; Staphylococcus aureus; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0035204417     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-200110000-00004     Document Type: Review

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