Immunization safety review : vaccinations and sudden unexpected death in infancy /
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 104 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press. Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11128234 |
| Summary: | With current recommendations calling for infants to receive multiple doses of vaccines during their first year of life and with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) the most frequent cause of death during the postneonatal period, it is important to respond to concerns that vaccination might play a role in sudden unexpected infant death. <p>The committee reviewed epidemiologic evidence focusing on three outcomes: SIDS, all SUDI (sudden unexpected death in infancy), and neonatal death (infant death, whether sudden or not, during the first 4 weeks of life). Based on this review, the committee concluded that the evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between some vaccines and SIDS; and that the evidence is inadequate to accept or reject a causal relationship between other vaccines and SIDS, SUDI, or neonatal death. The evidence regarding biological mechanisms is essentially theoretical, reflecting in large measure the lack of knowledge concerning the pathogenesis of SIDS.</p> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 104 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0309523176 9780309523172 9786610179930 661017993X 1280179937 9781280179938 0309088860 9780309088862 |