Why babies should never sleep alone: A review of the co-sleeping controversy in relation to SIDS, bedsharing and breast feeding

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-152

  McKenna, James J ^a   McDade, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedsharing; Breast feeding; Co sleeping; Mother infant relationship; SIDS

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BREATHING; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FATALITY; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; WAKEFULNESS;

BEDS; BREAST FEEDING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 18844385495     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2005.03.006     Document Type: Review

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