title: The sudden infant death syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. hannah.kinney@childrens.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Hannah C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kinney
authors.forename: Bradley T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Thach
mesh_terms: D001237:Asphyxia; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D015984:Causality; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000235:genetics
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