The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 132, Issue 5 , Pages 783-789 , May 1998

Frequency and timing of recurrent events in infants using home cardiorespiratory monitors

Received 12 November 1996 ,Revised 14 July 1997 ,Accepted 20 August 1997.

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☆ From the Jeremy Rill Center for SIDS and Respiratory Control Disorders, the Divisions of Respiratory and Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, and the Nursing Department, McGill University, Montreal Children's Hospital, Quebec, Canada.

☆☆ A. C. is a Research Scholar (Chercheur-Boursier) of the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, McGill University.

★ Reprint requests: Aurore Côté, MD, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Montreal Children's Hospital, 2300 rue Tupper, Montréal, Canada H3H 1P3.

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The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 132, Issue 5 , Pages 783-789 , May 1998

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