Maternal Hurricane Exposure and Fetal Distress Risk

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1590-1601

  Zahran, Sammy ^a   Snodgrass, Jeffrey G ^a   Peek, Lori ^a   Weiler, Stephan ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal distress; Hurricane Andrew; Maternal exposure; Natural experiment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC TECHNIQUE; BROWARD COUNTY; EXPOSURE INTENSITY; FETAL DISTRESS; FLORIDA; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MISSISSIPPI; NATURAL DISASTERS; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

TIME SERIES;

HURRICANES;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; LOGISTICS; MATERNAL HEALTH; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CYCLONIC STORMS; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650465310     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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