Sudden infant death syndrome in Japan 1995-1998

Forensic Science International

Volumn 130, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages 71-77

  Fujita, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth certificate; Postconceptional age of death; Risk factors; SIDS; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; EMPLOYMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; JAPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTMATURITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0037078109     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0379-0738(02)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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