Infant sleep position: Discerning knowledge from practice

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 573-582

  Mosley, Jane M ^a   Stokes, Shannon Daily ^b   Ulmer, Ann ^b  

^a Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Back to sleep; Low income; Parental decisions; SIDS; Sleep position

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849008078     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.31.6.2     Document Type: Article

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