Ethnicity, infection and sudden infant death syndrome

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-65

  Blackwell, C Caroline ^a   Moscovis, Sophia M ^a   Gordon, Ann E ^b   Al Madani, Osama M ^b   Hall, Sharron T ^a,c   Gleeson, Maree ^a,c   Scott, Rodney J ^a,c   Roberts Thomson, June ^a,c   Weir, Donald M ^b   Busuttil, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal australian; Bangladeshi; Cigarette smoke; Indigenous populations; Inflammatory cytokine genes; Interleukin 10; Risk factors; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BODY POSTURE; BREAST FEEDING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEATING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 4344653707     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.06.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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