ANTC67H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter Taylor et al. : King County, Washington, Birth Weight, Odds Ratio
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Prone sleep position and the sudden infant death syndrome in. King county, washington: a case-control study taylor et al. Several studies show link between the prone sleep position and sudden infant death syndrome. Public health efforts to encourage parents to place their babies in the non prone position and. To determine whether the prone sleep position was associated with increased risk of the sudden infant death syndrome (sids) Casesl infants who died of sids in king county, washington. Controls: randomly selected infants born in king county, washington. Up to four control subjects were matched on date of birth to each case subject. Study period november 1992 - october 1994. Sleeping position data collected on infants who died of sids by the king county medical. Parents of infants chosen as control subjects were contacted by telephone where sleeping position data was obtained.