Defining the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): deliberations of an expert panel convened by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

@article{Willinger1991DefiningTS,
  title={Defining the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): deliberations of an expert panel convened by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.},
  author={Marian Willinger and L. Stanley James and Charlotte S. Catz},
  journal={Pediatric pathology},
  year={1991},
  volume={11 5},
  pages={
          677-84
        }
}
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