Sudden infant death syndrome in twins and singletons

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 644-648

  Pharoah, Peter O D ^a   Platt, Mary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34548270020     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.4.644     Document Type: Article

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