Infant gender, shared sleeping and sudden death

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 517-519

  Byard, Roger W ^a   Elliott, Jane ^a   Vink, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

co sleeping; overlaying; shared sleeping; SIDS; solitary sleeping; suffocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 84857879611     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02226.x     Document Type: Article

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