ARE NAPPY STERILISERS ASSOCIATED WITH SIDS

Authors
STEWART AW MITCHELL EA ALLEN EM BECROFT DMO FORD RPK HASSALL IB ROBERTS AP SCRAGG R TAYLOR BJ
Citation
Aw. Stewart et al., ARE NAPPY STERILISERS ASSOCIATED WITH SIDS, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 73(2), 1995, pp. 164-165
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Archives of Disease in Childhood → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
73
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
164 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1995)73:2<164:ANSAWS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Chemicals used to clean nappies have been suggested as a cause of sudd en infant death syndrome (SIDS). Parents of 393 cases and 1592 control s were questioned about nappy cleaning procedures. Soaking in sterilis ers followed by rinsing in water had a relative risk of 0 . 91 compare d with other cleaning procedures. Nappy cleaning methods are not relat ed to SIDS.