Mothers’ knowledge and practice of infant sleep position
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Infant sleep position: back to sleep.
S leep position is an important safety issue for infants younger than 1 year. This is because sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is associated with infants sleeping on their tummies. Sudden infant death syndrome is the leading cause of death for infants younger than 1 year. It most commonly occurs in babies between the ages of 2 and 4 months. Despite more than 15 years of the “back to sleep” e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0302-4660
DOI: 10.4314/njp.v41i4.4