Are risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome different at night?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 274-278

  Williams, Sheila M ^a   Mitchell, E A ^b   Taylor, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEW ZEALAND; NIGHT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; PRONE POSITION; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0036788054     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.4.274     Document Type: Article

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