Crib death: Sudden unexplained death of infants - The pathologist's viewpoint

Crib Death: Sudden Unexplained Death of Infants - The Pathologist's Viewpoint

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-146

  Ottaviani, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-49371-6     Document Type: Book

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