Neonates in Ahmedabad, India, during the 2010 Heat Wave: A climate change adaptation study

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kakkad, Khyati ^a   Barzaga, Michelle L ^b   Wallenstein, Sylvan ^b   Azhar, Gulrez Shah ^a,c   Sheffield, Perry E ^a,b  

^a Department of Paediatrics Smt SCL General Hospital ^*  (India)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HEAT WAVE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDIA; MALE; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AIR CONDITIONING; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; SEASON; STATISTICS;

AIR CONDITIONING; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; SEASONS;

EID: 84897131067     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/946875     Document Type: Article

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