title: Howard Williams oration: preventing the unpreventable: the 'cot death' story.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Edwin A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015984:Causality; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000458:organization & administration; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016684:Prone Position; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016683:Supine Position; D016019:Survival Analysis
keywords: SIDS; epidemiology; prevention; risk factors