SIDS

Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development

Volumn 1-3, Issue , 2008, Pages 164-173

  Keens, T G ^a   Gemmill, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Advisory Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea; Back to sleep; Bedsharing; Brain development; Brain function; Brain structures; Crib death; Grief; Hypoxia; Nature vs. nurture; Newborns; Prone sleeping; Resilience; Risk; SIDS; SIDS siblings; Sleep; Sudden infant death syndrome; Supine sleeping

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955428888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370877-9.00146-8     Document Type: Chapter

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