Exposure to elevated temperatures and risk of preterm birth in Valencia, Spain

Environmental Research

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 210-217

  Vicedo Cabrera, Ana M ^a,b   Iñíguez, Carmen ^a,b,c   Barona, Carmen ^a,d   Ballester, Ferran ^a,b,c  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b Research in the Valencian Community   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d and FISABIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birth; Climate change; Exposure; Pregnancy; Preterm; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; CLIMATE; HEAT; HISTORY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY; ELEVATED AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; FETUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

CLIMATE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84907364854     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.07.021     Document Type: Article

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