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© 1978 Oxford University Press

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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Cardiff, Association with Epidemic Influenza and with Temperature-1955–1974

R S A BONSER, Reader1, B H KNIGHT2 and R R WEST, Senior Lecturer3

1 Present address: Singliton Hospital, Swansea, West Glam.
2 Forensic Medicine, Welsh National School of Medicine Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 XN, Wales
3 Department of Community Medicine, Welsh National School of Medicine Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 XN, Wales

The effects of social class, season, low temperature and sudden falls in temperature are investigated in 286 cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Cardiff in the years 1955–1974. The association with low temperature was striking: unsuspected hypothermia may be an important feature of these deaths. Sudden infant death incidence was associated with influenza A but not influenza B epidemics.


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