Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths: Sleep Environment and Circumstances
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Rhode Island Child Death Review: sudden infant death and sudden unexpected infant deaths, 2008-2009.
In the United States, in 2006, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) was the 3rd leading cause of death in infants under 1 year of age (behind congenital malformations (1) and disorders relating to prematurity/low birth weight (2); and ahead of results of maternal complications of pregnancy (4); and accidents-unintentional (5)). In Rhode Island, during 20082009, SIDS is the 2 leading cause of dea...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2011.300613