title: The relatively short duration that a child retains a pacifier in the mouth during sleep: implications for sudden infant death syndrome.
abstract: The relatively short duration that a child retains a pacifier in the mouth during sleep has implications when the mechanism(s) of the apparent prophylaxis effect of pacifier use against sudden infant death syndrome are considered.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kerbl
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D008297:Male; D010829:Physiological Phenomena; D012306:Risk; D012890:Sleep; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors