Open AccessUse of Safe Cribs and Bedroom Size Among African American Infants With a High Rate of Bed Sharing
Author(s) -
Caroline Vemulapalli,
Katherine Grady,
James S. Kemp
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.158.3.286
Subject(s) - bedroom , crowding , medicine , sleep (system call) , demography , pediatrics , telephone survey , nocturnal , psychology , geography , archaeology , neuroscience , sociology , computer science , operating system , marketing , business
Impoverishment and crowding are associated with an increased risk of sudden unexpected death among infants. Bed sharing likely increases this risk, particularly among African American infants.
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