Air pollution and sudden infant death syndrome: a literature review

S Tong, P Colditz - Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Although the rate of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been reduced with the 'Back
to Sleep'campaign, SIDS is still a common cause of death in infancy. A range of …

Is ambient air pollution associated with onset of sudden infant death syndrome: a case-crossover study in the UK

IJ Litchfield, JG Ayres, JJK Jaakkola, NI Mohammed - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Air pollution has been associated with increased mortality and morbidity in
several studies with indications that its effect could be more severe in children. This study …

Air pollution and sudden infant death syndrome

R Dales, RT Burnett, M Smith-Doiron, DM Stieb… - …, 2004 - publications.aap.org
Background. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) affects∼ 1 in 1000 live births and is the
most common cause of infant death after the perinatal period. Objective. To determine the …

Ambient air pollution and sudden infant death syndrome in Korea: a time-stratified case-crossover study

MJ Hwang, HK Cheong, JH Kim - International Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is an occasional cause of unexpected mortality in
infancy. While various etiological factors have been hypothesized, air pollution has been …

Association between short-term exposure to air pollution and sudden infant death syndrome

YT Chen, CL Liu, CJ Chen, MH Chen, CY Chen… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The association between air pollution and infant mortality has been inconsistently reported.
A few studies have estimated short-term effects of air pollution on infants' health. This …

Environmental findings and sudden infant death syndrome

RG Carpenter, A Gardner - Lung, 1990 - Springer
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) death rates show substantial seasonal variation.
Analysis of this variation shows that it is due to postnatal factors. Possible variables are …

Sudden infant death syndrome in relation to weather and optimetrically measured air pollution in Taiwan

HH Knöbel, CJ Chen, KY Liang - Pediatrics, 1995 - publications.aap.org
Objective. To examine the possible role of weather and air pollution in sudden infant death
syndrome (SIDS) and suffocation. Methods. Poisson regression analysis was carried out to …

Development of a risk score to predict sudden infant death syndrome

M Polavarapu, H Klonoff-Cohen, D Joshi… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the third leading cause of death among infants
younger than one year of age. Effective SIDS prediction models have yet to be developed …

Seasonal relationship of sudden infant death syndrome and environmental pollutants

T Hoppenbrouwers, M Calub, K Arakawa… - American Journal of …, 1981 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Hoppenbrouwers, T.(Newborn Div., Los Angeles County/U. of Southern California
Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033), M. Calub, K. Arakawa and JE Hodgman …

Sudden infant deaths and clear weather in a subtropical environment

A Auliciems, A Barnes - Social Science & Medicine, 1987 - Elsevier
Particulate pollution levels were found to decrease, on average, over the 10-day period
preceding SIDS incidence in a study of 369 cases over 15 years in Brisbane, Australia. This …