Bed sharing per se is not dangerous

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 998-999

  Bergman, Abraham B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED SHARING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEGRO; NEWBORN DISEASE; PEDIATRICIAN; PERINATAL DISTRESS; POOR WEIGHT GAIN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STRANGULATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUFFOCATION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; BED; CHILD CARE; SLEEP; TRENDS;

BEDS; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; SLEEP;

EID: 84888883032     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.2569     Document Type: Editorial

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