Sudden unexplained infant death in 20 regions in Europe: Case control study

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Volumn 363, Issue 9404, 2004, Pages 185-191

  Carpenter, R G ^a   Irgens, L M ^b   Blair, P S ^c   England, P D ^a   Fleming, P ^c   Huber, J ^d   Jorch, G ^e   Schreuder, P ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Royal Hospital for Children   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BED; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 1642292878     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15323-8     Document Type: Article

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