Understanding weather, climate, and birthweight: Findings from the U.S. natility data files 1969-78

ISWREP 2011 - Proceedings of 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 2639-2642

  Lin, Ge ^a   Feng, Song ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

ambient temperature; birth weight; extreme temperature days; weather

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA FILES; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; HEALTH OUTCOMES; KEY INDICATOR; LIFE COURSE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; WEATHER;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 79960728827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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