Parental smoking and sudden infant death syndrome: A review of the evidence

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-97

  Thornton, Alison J ^a   Lee, Peter N ^a,b  

^a Hamilton House ^*

^b PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confounding variables; Other SIDS risk factors; Parental smoking; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742534428     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024567     Document Type: Article

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