Adult beds are unsafe sleeping places for infants
This brief article provides an update to a prior study (record # 4186) by the same author which investigated potential hazards of placing infants to sleep in adult beds. In conclusion, placing children under the age of two years in adult beds exposes them to potentially fatal hazards. The safest sleep environment for an infant is in a crib that meets current safety standards.
Record #:
4948
Date:
2000
Format:
Journal Article
Author:
Nakamura, Suad Wanna
Corp:
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Source:
Injury Control and Safety Promotion
Citation:
7(4)00
Issue pages:
270
Keywords:
ASPHYXIATION;BED SHARING;SUFFOCATION;STRANGULATION;OVERLYING
Identity:
USA
Location:
p
Class:
E520
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