Based on careful evaluation of existing data indicating an association between Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and prone sleeping position for infants, the Academy recommends that normal infants, when being put down for sleep, be positioned on their side or back. The most common position currently used in the United States is prone.
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sudden infant death
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1992
