Epidemiology clues to the etiology of SIDS

D.H. Kelly and D.C. Shannon

American Journal of Public Health, 1980, vol. 70, issue 10, 1047-1048

Abstract: Evidence which has been accumulated over the past 10 years suggests that, in the majority of infants, SIDS is related to intra-uterine and perinatal hypoxia-ischemia which affects brain stem structure and function predisposing to instability in regulation of breathing which can result in uninterrupted sleep apnea.

Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.70.10.1047

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