Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 18, Issue 9 , Pages 678-681 , September 2008

Economic Antecedents of Prone Infant Sleep Placement among Black Mothers

  • Tim A. Bruckner, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tim Bruckner, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, 50 University Hall, Box 7360, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360.

Received 8 July 2008 ,Accepted 8 July 2008.

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PII: S1047-2797(08)00139-7

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.07.001

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 18, Issue 9 , Pages 678-681 , September 2008

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