Sudden infant death syndrome in Canada: Trends in rates and risk factors, 1985-1998

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Rusen, I D ^a   Liu, Shiliang ^a   Sauve, Reg ^b   Joseph, K S ^c   Kramer, Michael S ^d  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Postneonatal mortality; Sleep position; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SURVIVAL;

EID: 2542449157     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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