Associations of meteorology with adverse pregnancy outcomes: A systematic review of preeclampsia, preterm birth and birth weight

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-172

  Beltran, Alyssa J ^a   Wu, Jun ^a   Laurent, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Climate; Cold; Heat; Humidity; Meteorology; Preeclampsia; Preterm birth; Seasonality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; RAIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; ETIOLOGY; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASONALITY;

ABORTION; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECLAMPSIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFLUENZA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MALARIA; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEIZURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SUNLIGHT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOPHILIA; URBANIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKLOAD;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METEOROLOGY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 84890929019     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110100091     Document Type: Review

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