TY - JOUR PY - 1995// TI - Accidental death or sudden infant death syndrome? JO - Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health A1 - Beal, S. M. A1 - Byard, Roger W. SP - 269 EP - 271 VL - 31 IS - 4 N2 - OBJECTIVE: To describe the reasons why it is difficult to decide whether to attribute some infant deaths to accidents or to SIDS. METHODOLOGY: To extract from infant deaths data in South Australia those where the cause of death is debatable. RESULTS: The risks associated with rocking cradles, bed sharing, bedclothes, couch sleeping, unsafe cots or beds and the prone position are presented. CONCLUSIONS: Uniform worldwide death scene investigations for all infant deaths should help identify unsafe sleeping conditions for infants. LA - SN - 1034-4810 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -