Risks of hyperthermia associated with hot tub or spa use by pregnant women

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 569-573

  Chambers, Christina D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CORE TEMPERATURE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPA TREATMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMALS; BATHS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33749074272     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20303     Document Type: Review

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