Ambient temperature during gestation and cold-related adult mortality in a Swedish cohort, 1915-2002

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 191-197

  Bruckner, Tim A ^a   van den Berg, Gerard J ^b   Smith, Kirk R ^c   Catalano, Ralph A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Cold spells; Fetal development; Ischemic heart disease; Temperature regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVE BIRTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDISH CITIZEN; THERMOMETER; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEASON; STROKE; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEASONS; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84908372027     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.049     Document Type: Article

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