Ambient temperature as a trigger of preterm delivery in a temperate climate

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1191-1199

  Cox, Bianca ^a   Vicedo Cabrera, Ana M ^b   Gasparrini, Antonio ^c   Roels, Harry A ^a,d   Martens, Evelyne ^e   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^a   Forsberg, Bertil ^b   Nawrot, Tim S ^a,f  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e Study Centre for Perinatal Epidemiology   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREGNANCY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WOMENS HEALTH;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84973454902     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206384     Document Type: Article

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