Pacifiers and sudden infant death syndrome: What should we recommend?

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1811-1812

  Hauck, Fern R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST MILK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN PERIOD; NOTE; PACIFIER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; CHILD CARE; INFANT;

HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; PACIFIERS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 33646829601     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0268     Document Type: Note

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