Exposure to seasonal temperatures during the last month of gestation and the risk of preterm birth in stockholm

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3962-3978

  Vicedo Cabrera, Ana M ^a,b   Olsson, David ^a   Forsberg, Bertil ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Climate change; Cold; Heat; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; HEALTH RISK; PREGNANCY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREMATURE LABOR; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COLD; HEAT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927555998     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120403962     Document Type: Article

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