Sudden infant death syndrome: Overview and update

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-127

  Byard, Roger W ^a,b,c   Krous, Henry F ^d,e,f  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f San Diego SIDS Research Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Inflicted injury; Pathology; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; TOXIN;

ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ASPHYXIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0037358264     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-002-0205-8     Document Type: Review

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