Climate change and fetal health: The impacts of exposure to extreme temperatures in New York City

Environmental Research

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 158-164

  Ngo, Nicole S ^a   Horton, Radley M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fetal health; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; PREGNANCY; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FETAL HEALTH; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH; HEAT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; NEW YORK; NEWBORN; SOCIAL CLASS; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; FETUS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84947740289     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.11.016     Document Type: Article

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