Ambient temperature and congenital heart defects

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2289-2297

  Agay Shay, K ^a   Friger, M ^b   Linn, S ^a,c   Peled, A ^a   Amitai, Y ^d   Peretz, C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

birth defects; congenital heart defects; congenital malformation; heat wave; temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; STILLBIRTH; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TERATOGENESIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84880552835     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det244     Document Type: Article

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