Research Article

Mother–infant cosleeping, breastfeeding and sudden infant death syndrome: What biological anthropology has discovered about normal infant sleep and pediatric sleep medicine

  1. James J. McKenna1,*,
  2. Helen L. Ball2,
  3. Lee T. Gettler1,3

Article first published online: 28 NOV 2007

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20736

Issue

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Supplement: Yearbook of Physical Anthropology

Volume 134, Issue Supplement 45, pages 133–161, 2007

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How to Cite

McKenna, J. J., Ball, H. L. and Gettler, L. T. (2007), Mother–infant cosleeping, breastfeeding and sudden infant death syndrome: What biological anthropology has discovered about normal infant sleep and pediatric sleep medicine. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., 134: 133–161. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.20736

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Anthropology and Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556

  2. 2

    Department of Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Research Group and Parent-Infant Sleep Laboratory, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3HN, UK

  3. 3

    Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-1330

*Department of Anthropology and Mother–Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 NOV 2007
  2. Article first published online: 28 NOV 2007

Funded by

  • NICHD RO1
  • Shannon Award Grant
  • Foundation for Study of Infant Deaths
  • Scottish Cot Death Trust
  • Babes in Arms
  • Leverhulme Trust
  • Nuffield Foundation
  • Newcastle Hospitals Charities Trust (Tiny Lives Fund)
  • UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
  • Durham University

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