Dummy (pacifier) use and sudden infant death syndrome: Potential advantages and disadvantages

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 170-174

  Horne, Rosemary S C ^a   Hauck, Fern R ^b   Moon, Rachel Y ^c   L'Hoir, Monique P ^d   Blair, Peter S ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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

^d Innovation for Life   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

general paediatrics; infant sleep; risk reduction; sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MALOCCLUSION; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; PACIFIER; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SCIENTIST; SUCKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; WHEEZING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

HUMANS; INFANT; PACIFIERS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 84897403594     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12402     Document Type: Article

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