Crib Bumpers Continue to Cause Infant Deaths: A Need for a New Preventive Approach

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue , 2016, Pages 93-97.e1

  Scheers, Nj ^a   Woodard, Dean W ^b   Thach, Bradley T ^c  

^a VA   (United States)

^b United States Department of Labor   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AAP American Academy of Pediatrics; ALTE Apparent life threatening event; CPSC US Consumer Product Safety Commission; NCRPCD National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths; SIDS Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFANT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ETIOLOGY; INFANT EQUIPMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT DEATH; INFANT EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84959303671     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.10.050     Document Type: Article

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