Swaddling and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome: A Meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Pease, Anna S ^a   Fleming, Peter J ^a   Hauck, Fern R ^b   Moon, Rachel Y ^c   Horne, Rosemary S C ^d   L'hoir, Monique P ^e   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^f   Blair, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION; SWADDLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; BED; INFANT; INFANT CARE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRONE POSITION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

BEDDING AND LINENS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PRONE POSITION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 84971536986     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-3275     Document Type: Article

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