How reliable is reported sleeping position in cases of unexpected infant death?

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1169-1171

  Byard, Roger W ^a   Jensen, Lisbeth L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Prone; Risk factors; Sleeping position; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PRONE POSITION; SKIN; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 50449099019     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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