title: Accidental death or sudden infant death syndrome?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the reasons why it is difficult to decide whether to attribute some infant deaths to accidents or to SIDS.
  
  
  METHODS
  To extract from infant deaths data in South Australia those where the cause of death is debatable.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The risks associated with rocking cradles, bed sharing, bedclothes, couch sleeping, unsafe cots or beds and the prone position are presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Uniform worldwide death scene investigations for all infant deaths should help identify unsafe sleeping conditions for infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Adelaide Children's Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Beal
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Byard
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000401:mortality*; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D001512:Bedding and Linens; D001513:Beds; D002423:Cause of Death; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology; D016684:Prone Position; D013021:South Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*