Risk factors for cot death increase danger from infection

BMJ

Volumn 326, Issue 7382, 2003, Pages 222-

  Blackwell, C Caroline ^a   Busuttil, Anthony ^b   Weir, Donald M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BEDS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INFANT; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0037464804     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.222     Document Type: Article

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