Upper respiratory obstruction and cot death.
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Upper respiratory obstruction and cot death.
In this country cot death or sudden unexpected death in infancy is the commonest cause of infant death outside the neonatal period. Any theory of its cause must take into account the established facts: it is a condition that occurs most frequently during the winter months-76% of cases occur between October and March, i.e. in 50% of the year, and it also occurs most frequently in babies from the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.46.246.211