Hazardous cosleeping environments and risk factors amenable to change: Case-control study of SIDS in south west England

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7726, 2009, Pages 911-

  Blair, Peter S ^a   Sidebotham, Peter ^b   Evason Coombe, Carol ^a   Edmonds, Margaret ^a   Heckstall Smith, Ellen M A ^a   Fleming, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROWDING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 70350059842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3666     Document Type: Article

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