Making informed choices on co-sleeping with your baby

The BMJ

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fleming, Peter J ^a   Blair, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BED SHARING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; COSLEEPING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 84922134788     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h563     Document Type: Editorial

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