Pacifier use and sids: Evidence for a consistently reduced risk

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 609-614

  Moon, Rachel Y ^a,b   Tanabe, Kawai O ^c   Yang, Diane Choi ^d   Young, Heather A ^d   Hauck, Fern R ^c,e  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed sharing; Pacifier; Risk factor; SIDS; Sleep position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; PACIFIER; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICAGO; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PACIFIERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRONE POSITION; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 84860847682     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0793-x     Document Type: Article

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