Incidence and determinants of sudden infant death syndrome: a population-based study on 37 million births

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-47

  Hakeem, Ghaidaa F ^a   Oddy, Lisa ^a   Holcroft, Christina A ^a   Abenhaim, Haim A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

incidence; risk factors; sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PARITY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925538995     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-014-0530-9     Document Type: Article

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