Hong Kong case-control study of sudden unexpected infant death

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1227, 2005, Pages

  Nelson, E Anthony S ^a,c   To, Ka Fai ^a   Wong, Yuk Ying ^a   Dickinson, James A ^a   Choi, Kai Chow ^a   Yu, Ly Mee ^a   Ou, Yvonne ^b   Chow, Chun Bong ^b   Wong, Eric ^a   Tang, Nelson L S ^a   Hjelm, Magnus ^a   Chen, Lawrence ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONER; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MORTALITY; PARENT; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; PNEUMONIA; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 29844452267     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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