The epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-29

  Platt, M J ^a   Pharoah, P O ^a  

^a Muspratt Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WALES;

EID: 0037232365     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.1.27     Document Type: Article

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