Special report: Was message of sudden infant death study misleading?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7579, 2006, Pages 1165-1168

  Gornall, Jonathan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; CORONER; DECISION MAKING; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGLECT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INFANT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; RECURRENCE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 33845413014     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39031.590914.68     Document Type: Article

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