The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 5 , Pages 636-641 , May 2008

Extreme and Conventional Cardiorespiratory Events and Epidemiologic Risk Factors for SIDS

  • Toke Hoppenbrouwers, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
    • Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Toke Hoppenbrouwers, PhD, Room 9L19, Women and Children's Hospital, LAC + USC Medical Center, 1240 Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA 90033.
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  • Joan E. Hodgman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • ,
  • Anusha Ramanathan, MD

      Affiliations

    • New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY.
  • ,
  • Fred Dorey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatal Medicine and Biostatistics, LAC + USC Medical Center, Women's and Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

Received 20 February 2007 ,Revised 18 September 2007 ,Accepted 1 October 2007.

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 Supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (grants HD 29067, HD 29071, HD 28971, HD 29073, HD 29056, and HD 34625) and a generous donation from the Orange County Guild for Infant Survival.

PII: S0022-3476(07)00959-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.10.003

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 5 , Pages 636-641 , May 2008