Recent national trends in sudden, unexpected infant deaths: More evidence supporting a change in classification or reporting

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 762-769

  Shapiro Mendoza, Carrie K ^a   Tomashek, Kay M ^a   Anderson, Robert N ^b   Wingo, Jennifer ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

classification; Infant mortality; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT MORTALITY;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRANGULATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645734245     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj117     Document Type: Article

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