Does maternal exposure during pregnancy to higher ambient temperature increase the risk of hypospadias?

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 407.e1-407.e6

  Kilinc, Muhammet Fatih ^a   Cakmak, Sedat ^b   Demir, Demirhan Orsan ^a   Doluoglu, Omer Gokhan ^a   Yildiz, Yildiray ^a   Horasanli, Kaya ^b   Dalkilic, Ayhan ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Hypospadias; Urogenital malformations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELECTION BIAS; SUMMER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HEAT; MALE; NEWBORN;

FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84994639385     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: 18734898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2016.06.015     Document Type: Article

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