The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages 205-209, February 2002

Lung tissue concentrations of nicotine in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)☆☆★★

Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the Division of Forensic Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore

Received 25 April 2001; received in revised form 5 September 2001 and 16 November 2001; accepted 28 November 2001.

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 Supported in part by the Brain and Tissue Bank for Developmental Disorders (NICHHD contract N01-HD8-3283), and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. Dr McMartin was supported by a studentship of the Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths.

☆☆ Dr Koren is a Senior Scientist of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and holder of the Duchemay and Canadian Foundation for Women's Health Chair in Better Pharmacotherapy During Pregnancy and Lactation.

 Deceased.

★★ Reprint requests: Gideon Koren, MD, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8.

PII: S0022-3476(02)56804-9

doi:10.1067/mpd.2002.121937

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages 205-209, February 2002