Climate change is associated with male: Female ratios of fetal deaths and newborn infants in Japan

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1364-1370.e2

  Fukuda, Misao ^a   Fukuda, Kiyomi ^a   Shimizu, Takashi ^b   Nobunaga, Miho ^b   Mamsen, Linn Salto ^c   Andersen, Claus Yding ^c  

^a M and K Health Institute   (Japan)

^b Shimizu Women's Clinic   (Japan)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate extreme; Sex ratio of fetal deaths; Sex ratio of newborn infants; Temperature difference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STRESS; SUMMER; WINTER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84922068507     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1213     Document Type: Article

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