Meteorological factors and timing of the initiating event of human parturition

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-272

  Hirsch, Emmet ^a,b   Lim, Courtney ^a,c   Dobrez, Deborah ^d   Adams, Marci G ^a   Noble, William ^e  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor; Parturition; Statistical model; Weather

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SEASONS;

EID: 79952006764     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0332-2     Document Type: Article

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