Preterm birth seasonality in Greece: An epidemiological study

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1406-1412

  Baroutis, Georgios ^a   Mousiolis, Athanasios ^b   Hoffman, Derek ^a   Antsaklis, Aris ^b  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; birth epidemiology; female; Greece; male; preterm birth risk; seasonality peaks

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VITAL STATISTICS; WEATHER; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863874382     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.636103     Document Type: Article

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