Studying sudden and unexpected infant deaths in a time of changing death certification and investigation practices: Evaluating sleep-related risk factors for infant death in New York City

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-248

  Senter, Lindsay ^a   Sackoff, Judith ^a   Landi, Kristen ^b   Boyd, Lorraine ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b Office of Chief Medical Examiner New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed sharing; Medical examiner; Postneonatal mortality; Sudden unexpected infant death; Suffocation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY POSTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; PRONE POSITION; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551486874     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0577-8     Document Type: Article

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