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Chapter 35 - Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (Other than SIDS)

from Section 8 - SUDI/SUID Which is Not SIDS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2019

By
Irene Scheimberg  and
Phillip Cox
Edited by
Marta C. Cohen ,
Irene B. Scheimberg ,
J. Bruce Beckwith  and
Fern R. Hauck
Marta C. Cohen
Affiliation:
Sheffield Children’s Hospital
Irene B. Scheimberg
Affiliation:
Royal London Hospital
J. Bruce Beckwith
Affiliation:
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Fern R. Hauck
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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Investigation of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome , pp. 219 - 234
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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