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

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

David Tappin  1 , Edwin A Mitchell  2 , James Carpenter  3 , Fern Hauck  4 , Lynsay Allan  5
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Bed-sharing is a risk for sudden unexpected death in infancy

David Tappin et al. Arch Dis Child. 2023 Feb.
No abstract available

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

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Feeding your baby in bed (A) with a cot next to bed (B) with no cot next to bed.
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Comment in

  • Bed-sharing and SIDS: an evidence-based approach.
    Blair PS, Ball HL, Pease A, Fleming PJ. Blair PS, et al. Arch Dis Child. 2023 Apr;108(4):e6. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323469. Epub 2022 Mar 7. Arch Dis Child. 2023. PMID: 35256354 No abstract available.

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