Mortality due to sudden infant death syndrome in Northern Italy, 1990-2000: A baseline for the assessment of prevention campaigns

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 336-343

  Montomoli, Cristina ^a   Monti, Maria C ^a   Stramba Badiale, Marco ^b   Marinoni, Alessandra ^a   Foglieni, Nives ^c   Carreri, Vittorio ^c   Amigoni, Maurizio ^c   Schwartz, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c Direzione Generale Sanita   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 4644233218     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2004.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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