Predicting the risk for sudden infant death syndrome from obstetric characteristics: A retrospective cohort study of 505 011 live births

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-66

  Smith, Gordon C S ^a   White, Ian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pregnancy outcome; Risk; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 33644847387     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2828     Document Type: Article

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