Association between sudden death in infancy and co-sleeping: A look at investigative methods for Galveston County Medical Examiners Office from 1978-2002

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-172

  Perrizo, Karla ^a,c,d   Pustilnik, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Galveston County Medical Examiner Office   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Co sleeping; Scene investigation; SIDS

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BED; DATA ANALYSIS; GENDER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; RACE; REVIEW; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ASPHYXIA; BEDS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TEXAS;

EID: 33748486662     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000221066.52555.3b     Document Type: Review

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