Sudden infant death syndrome and unascertainable deaths: Trends and disparities among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infants born in Western Australia from 1980 to 2001 inclusive

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 445-451

  Freemantle, C Jane ^a,c   Read, Anne W ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a   McAullay, Daniel ^b   Anderson, Ian P ^c   Stanley, Fiona J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal infant; Sudden infant death syndrome; Total population linked data; Trend; Unascertainable death

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACCURACY; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONER; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33746353662     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00895.x     Document Type: Review

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