Key result
Bottle-feeding and increased use of cots were observationally linked to a decline in infant death rates from suffocation in bed, alongside a slight rise in suffocation in cots.
Population
Infants (implied by "babies" and "suffocate their babies")
Design
Other
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Caution against altering infant feeding or sleep practices; leaves open whether these factors causally influence suffocation risk.
Observational
The text notes a shift in infant suffocation deaths from beds to cots, potentially related to changes in feeding practices and economic factors.
John T. Shepherd (1951) conducted an observational in Infant suffocation. Bottle-feeding and cot use vs. Breast-feeding in bed was evaluated on Death rates from suffocation. Bottle-feeding and increased use of cots were observationally linked to a decline in infant death rates from suffocation in bed, alongside a slight rise in suffocation in cots.
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