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Chapter 1. Historical background | ||||||
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Chapter 2. The toxic gas hypothesis - abstract | ||||||
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Chapter 3. Scope of this investigation - abstract | ||||||
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Chapter 4. The Turner Report and subsequent work on the toxic gas hypothesis (1991 to 1994) - abstract | ||||||
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Chapter 5. Repetition and extension of Richardson’s experiments on microbiological gas generation - abstract | ||||||
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Chapter 6. Laboratory investigations of the ability of microorganisms to produce volatile products from antimony and phosphorus compounds - abstract | ||||||
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Chapter 7. Toxins and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - abstract | ||||||
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Chapter 8. The pathology of SIDS, normal infant developmental physiology and insights into possible pathophysiological mechanisms - abstract | ||||||
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Chapter 9. Antimony and infant health - abstract | ||||||
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Chapter 10. Use of fire retardant (Fr) chemicals in cot mattress materials and other items - abstract | ||||||
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Chapter 11. Epidemiology of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in relation to Mr Richardson’s hypothesis - abstract | ||||||
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Chapter 12. Conclusions and Recommendations - full text in Portable Document Format | ||||||
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Annex 1 - Terms of reference and Members of the Group - full text | ||||||
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Annex 2 - Sources of Information | ||||||
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Appendix I - Mr Richardson’s Report | ||||||
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Appendix II - Mr Richardson’s Report's and subsequent correspondence with the Expert Group | ||||||
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Appendix III - Supplementary Studies to Establish Whether Antimony or Other Chemicals added to Cot Mattress Covers are of Significance in the Aetiology of Sudden Infant Death | ||||||
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Appendix IV - A Review of the Toxicology of some Fire Retardant chemicals used in cot mattress materials | ||||||
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Abbreviations | ||||||
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These pages contain extracts from the report -
Expert Group to Investigate Cot Death Theories:
Toxic Gas Hypothesis
Final Report May 1998
ISBN 1 85839 874 6
£15.00
The full report is available from -
Department of Health,
PO Box 410,
Wetherby,
Yorkshire LS23 7LN.
Phone (within U.K.) on 01937 840250
©1995-2012, SIDS Network, Inc. <http://sids-network.org>
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