Sudden unexpected infant deaths associated with car seats

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-192

  Bamber, Andrew R ^a,b   Pryce, Jeremy ^a,b   Ashworth, Michael T ^a   Sebire, Neil J ^a,b  

^a Camelia Botnar Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car safety seats; Sudden infant death syndrome; Sudden unexpected death in infancy

Indexed keywords

BOTTLE FEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOTTLE FEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 84898545344     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-013-9524-5     Document Type: Article

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