Use of a fan during sleep and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 963-968

  Coleman Phox, Kimberly ^a,b   Odouli, Roxana ^a   Li, De Kun ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PACIFIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

AIR MOVEMENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; VENTILATION;

EID: 53849137298     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.10.963     Document Type: Article

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