Cot Life 2000 «
http://www.cotlife2000.co.nz/ | | Discusses a theory (now discredited) that cot death is caused by toxic gases released from mattresses , and includes opinions on prevention of cot death. |
FSID: Research background for the advice to reduce the risk of Cot Death «
http://www.sids.org.uk/fsid/factfile2.pdf | | Discusses key recommendations to parents wanting to reduce the risk of cot death , and the research supporting these recommendations. |
New Scientist: Nicotine's double link to cot death «
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2771 | | Article discussing research finding that nicotine not only disrupts a baby's breathing , but can also disrupt the early development of neural circuits that guard against breathing cessation during sleep. |
SidsAlliance. org: Toxic Gas Theory, Mattresses and SIDS «
http://www.sidsalliance.org/FC-PDF4/Research_Position%20Statements/toxic%20gas%20theor%E2%80%A6es%20and%20sid.pdf | | Summarises results from a number of studies into toxic gas theory , and concludes there is a lack of evidence to support the theory as a cause of sids. |
University of Manchester: Genetic Link to Cot Death «
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/pressreleases/geneticlinkcotdeath/ | | Research finding that babies born with specific variants of three key genes are 14 times more likely to die from cot death. |
