The German case-control scene investigation study on SIDS: Epidemiological approach and main results

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-26

  Schlaud, Martin ^a,b   Dreier, Maren ^a   Debertin, Anette S ^a   Jachau, Katja ^c   Heide, Steffen ^d   Giebe, Birkhild ^e,f   Sperhake, Jan P ^g   Poets, Christian F ^h   Kleemann, Werner J ⁱ  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f National Board of Forensic Medicine in Stockholm (clinic)   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Risk factors; Sleep environment; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 76849089005     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-009-0317-z     Document Type: Article

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