Bed-sharing is a risk for sudden unexpected death in infancy

Arch Dis Child. 2023 Feb;108(2):79-80. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322480. Epub 2021 Oct 21.

Authors

David Tappin¹, Edwin A Mitchell², James Carpenter³, Fern Hauck⁴, Lynsay Allan⁵

Affiliations

¹ Child Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK david.tappin@glasgow.ac.uk.
² Paediatrics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
³ Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁴ Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
⁵ Scottish Cot Death Trust, Glasgow, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: child health; epidemiology; infant welfare; mortality; sleep.

MeSH terms

Beds
Child
Humans
Infant
Infant Care
Risk Factors
Sleep
Sudden Infant Death* / epidemiology
Sudden Infant Death* / etiology