Association between high ambient temperature and risk of stillbirth in California

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 894-901

  Basu, Rupa ^a   Sarovar, Varada ^b   Malig, Brian J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ambient temperature; California; case crossover studies; environmental factors; fetal death; mortality; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT;

BIRTH RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STILLBIRTH; SUMMER; WINTER; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84971571523     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv295     Document Type: Article

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