Use of Safe Cribs and Bedroom Size among African American Infants with a High Rate of Bed Sharing

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 286-289

  Vemulapalli, Caroline ^a   Grady, Katherine ^a   Kemp, James S ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cardinal Glennon Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED; CROWDING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEDS; CROWDING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MISSOURI;

EID: 1442263888     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.3.286     Document Type: Article

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