Sudden unexpected infant death and bedsharing: Referrals to the Wellington Coroner 1997-2006

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1298, 2009, Pages

  Escott, Alistair ^a   Elder, Dawn E ^a   Zuccollo, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; BED SHARING; BODY POSITION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SAFETY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TIME; ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BED; BODY POSTURE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEDS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349111661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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