Sudden infant death syndrome: The colon connection

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 375-379

  Mann, N S ^a   Rossaro, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN CYANIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFATE;

BREATHING; COLON; DETOXIFICATION; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MATURITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOTHER; PATHOGENESIS; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION KINETICS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 28844440830     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.08.046     Document Type: Article

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