Bed-sharing and unexpected infant deaths: What is the relationship?

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 62-67

  Fleming, Peter ^a   Pease, Anna ^a   Blair, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bed sharing; Co sleeping; Epidemiology; Smoking; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome SIDS ; Unexpected infant deaths

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; RECREATIONAL DRUG; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BED SHARING; BREAST FEEDING; FAMILY SIZE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL SMOKING; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BED; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PASSIVE SMOKING; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEDS; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84919665508     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2014.10.008     Document Type: Review

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