title: [A preliminary study of epidemiology of sudden manhood death syndrome in the peasant derived workers in Dongguan city].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the feature of sudden manhood death syndrome(SMDS) in Dongguan city.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data of 284 cases of SMDS were analysized by retrospective study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The distribution of age, sex, the time of death and hometown of the dead in SMDS were described. The clinical or anatomical characters of SMDS were also discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data will contribute to the late epidemical study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510080. jdcheng@21cn.com
authors.forename: Jian-ding
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yu-chuan
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jia-le
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013997:Time Factors