Never sleep with baby? Or keep me close but keep me safe: Eliminating inappropriate "safe infant sleep" rhetoric in the United States

Current Pediatric Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-77

  Gettler, Lee T ^a,b   McKenna, James J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedsharing; Breastfeeding; Co sleeping public health messages; Parental behavior and decision making

Indexed keywords

SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BED SHARING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATERNAL CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 77954324841     PISSN: 15733963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339610791317250     Document Type: Article

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