Child deaths of unknown cause: Review of 7 years' experience

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 803-808

  Bowen, Kathryn A ^a   Marshall Jr , William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEWBORN DEATH; REVIEW; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARIZONA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 10444261339     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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