The fifty percent male excess of infant respiratory mortality

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1210-1215

  Mage, D T ^a   Donner, E M ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; IRDS; Male excess; SIDS; X linkage

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DROWNING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INHALATION; MALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCANDINAVIA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VITAL STATISTICS;

EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4143127737     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250410031305     Document Type: Article

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