The leading theory regarding the etiology of sudden infant death syndrome is that developmental abnormalities in an infant's cardiorespiratory system increase the child's susceptibility to suffocation.

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• Person: Colten HR, Altevogt BM Organization: National Academies Press
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• sudden infant death syndrome concept