title: Sudden infant death syndrome: the vitamin E/selenium iron hypothesis (dietary anti/pro-oxidant imbalance).
abstract: Cot death or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) remains a largely unexplained and unpreventable factor in infant mortality. The existence of a dietary link between SIDS and vitamin E/selenium deficiency, documented through veterinary evidence, is posited as an etiological factor. Further substantiation of this hypothesis is derived from infant nutrition practices and cases of SIDS in New Zealand.
authors: D F
authors: DF
authors: Money
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D008954:Models, Biological; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D012643:Selenium / Q000172:deficiency*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D014811:Vitamin E Deficiency / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D006454:Hemoglobins; D009211:Myoglobin; D012643:Selenium