Investigation of the sudden death of infants: A multicenter analysis

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 630-638

  Landi, Kristen ^a,c   Gutierrez, Carmen ^b   Sampson, Barbara ^c   Harruff, Richard ^d   Rubio, Ivonne ^b   Balbela, Beatriz ^e   Greco, M Alba ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell   (Uruguay)

^c Office of Chief Medical Examiner New York   (United States)

^d King County Medical Examiners Office   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cause of death; Infant; Investigation; Medical examiner; Sudden death; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY; VITREOUS BODY; X RAY FILM;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 29244465096     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-005-8095-1     Document Type: Review

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