The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 5 , Pages 630-633.e1 , November 2006

Sudden infant death syndrome: Risk factors for infants found face down differ from other SIDS cases

Received 3 February 2006 ,Revised 11 July 2006 ,Accepted 13 July 2006.

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 The New Zealand Cot Death Study was supported by the Medical Research Council of New Zealand and Hawkes Bay Medical Research foundation. Professor Ed Mitchell and Dr John Thompson are supported in part by the Child Health Research Foundation. This research is supported by Grant HD 10993.

PII: S0022-3476(06)00694-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.07.041

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 5 , Pages 630-633.e1 , November 2006

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