Cosleeping and sudden unexpected infant deaths in Kentucky: A 10-year retrospective case review

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-32

  Knight, Laura D ^a   Hunsaker, Donna M ^b,c   Corey, Tracey S ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedsharing; Cosleeping; SIDS; Sudden infant death syndrome; Sudden unexpected infant death

Indexed keywords

HOMICIDE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENTUCKY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 14244265620     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000153996.21494.0f     Document Type: Review

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