Ambient heat and sudden infant death: A case-crossover study spanning 30 years in Montreal, Canada

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 712-716

  Auger, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Fraser, William D ^b,d   Smargiassi, Audrey ^a,c   Kosatsky, Tom ^e  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; ICD-10; ICD-9; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THERMAL EXPOSURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; CITY; INFANT MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; QUEBEC; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

AGE FACTORS; CITIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 84936069899     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307960     Document Type: Article

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