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Sidebotham, Peter. (2005) Unexpected but not unexplained : investigating a case of sudden unexpected death in infancy. Archives of Disease in Childhood, Vol.90 . pp. 40-45. ISSN 0003-9888

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2004.057430

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Sudden infant death syndrome -- Case studies
Journal or Publication Title:	Archives of Disease in Childhood
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	0003-9888
Date:	2005
Volume:	Vol.90
Page Range:	pp. 40-45
Identification Number:	10.1136/adc.2004.057430
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/236