Open AccessSudden infant death syndrome: seasonality and a biphasic model of pathogenesis.
Author(s) -
Anne–Louise Ponsonby,
Terence Dwyer,
Michael E. Jones
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology and community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1470-2738
pISSN - 0143-005X
DOI - 10.1136/jech.46.1.33
Subject(s) - sudden infant death syndrome , medicine , season of birth , pediatrics , population , risk factor , cohort , infant mortality , sudden death , epidemiology , demography , environmental health , psychiatry , sociology
This paper examines the relationship between season, age, and the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). It provides a theoretical model for the pathogenesis of SIDS and uses it as a framework to consider risk factor mechanism.
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