National Australian workshop consensus on the definition of SIDS and initiation of a uniform autopsy approach to unexpected infant and early childhood death

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 289-292

  Byard, Roger W ^a   Ranson, David ^b   Krous, Henry F ^c,h   Arbuckle, Susan ^d   Botterill, Paull ^e   Bourne, Anthony J ^f   Campbell, Peter ^b   Dahlstrom, Jane ^g   Hallam, Lavinia ^g   Hilton, John ^g   Lampe, Guy ⁱ   Lawrence, Christopher ^j   Little, Dianne ^k   Lynch, Matthew ^b   Margolius, Karin ^l   Payton, Dianne ^m   Sinton, Terence ⁿ   Smith, Nicholas ^a   Woodford, Noel ^b  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e Central Sydney Laboratory Service   (Australia)

^f WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g ACT Pathology ^*

^h John Tonge Centre   (Australia)

ⁱ State Wide Forensic Medical Services   (Australia)

^j WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^l ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^m ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Autopsy protocol; Consensus; Definition; SIDS

Indexed keywords

EID: 29044448495     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/FSMP:1:4:289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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