SIDS prevention: 3000 lives saved but we can do better

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1359, 2012, Pages 13-

  Mitchell, Edwin A ^a   Blair, Peter S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST FEEDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 84865042820     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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