Cold ambient temperature in utero and birth outcomes in Uppsala, Sweden, 1915-1929

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-121

  Bruckner, Tim A ^a   Modin, Bitte ^b   Vågerö, Denny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cold temperature; Fetal death; Pregnancy; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH LENGTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD; DOCUMENT DELIVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

COLD TEMPERATURE; FETAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893008525     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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