"The triple-risk model proposes that sudden death in SIDS results from the intersection of three overlapping factors: (1) a vulnerable infant; (2) a critical developmental period in homeostatic control, and (3) an exogenous stressor(s)." (p.195)

~~ Filiano JJ, Kinney HC. A Perspective on Neuropathologic Findings in Victims of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: The Triple-Risk Model. Neonatology. 1994;65(3-4):194-197. doi:10.1159/000244052  © 1994 S. Karger AG, Basel, Excerpted with permission.