Medical Hypotheses
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 61-63 , July 2001

Increased facial temperature as an early warning in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Received 17 February 2000 ,Accepted 1 June 2000.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1405

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 61-63 , July 2001

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