Neighbourhood income and neonatal, postneonatal and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) mortality in Canada, 1991-2005

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Gilbert, Nicolas L ^a,b   Auger, Nathalie ^b,c   Wilkins, Russell ^d,e   Kramer, Michael S ^f  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec   (United States)

^d STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Social class; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879651461     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.104.3739     Document Type: Article

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