Trends, seasonality and effect of ambient temperature on preterm delivery

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2017, Pages 2483-2487

  Walfisch, Asnat ^a   Kabakov, Eli ^b   Friger, Michael ^b   Sheiner, Eyal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Preterm birth; risk factors; summer; time series analysis; variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; WINTER; HEAT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; SEASON;

FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 84996602353     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2016.1253063     Document Type: Article

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