Sudden infant death syndrome: links with infant care practices.
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Sudden infant death syndrome: links with infant care practices.
OBJECTIVES To investigate infant care practices in a small ethnic minority population within Britain that might suggest possible factors contributing to the low incidence of the sudden infant death syndrome in Asian populations. DESIGN Ethnographic interviewing, a qualitative comparative method drawn from social anthropology. SETTING Central Cardiff. SUBJECTS Non-random sample of 60 mothe...
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OBJECTIVE To identify contemporary Cree infant care practices and any risk factors associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. METHODS A questionnaire conducted and recorded in the homes of 70 Cree women (83% of sample available) with infants under 12 months of age, living full time on a Cree reserve. Participatory observation was also used with mothers who agreed to demonstrate certain fea...
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From the Department of Pathology, Chil dren’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School — both in Boston (H.C.K.); and the Department of Pediatrics, Washing ton University School of Medicine, St. Louis (B.T.T.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Kinney at the Department of Pathol ogy, Enders Bldg. 1112, Children’s Hospi tal Boston, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, or at hannah.kinney@childrens...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.306.6869.16