Potential Climate Change Health Risks from Increases in Heat Waves: Abnormal Birth Outcomes and Adverse Maternal Health Conditions

Risk Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2066-2079

  Cil, Gulcan ^a   Cameron, Trudy Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; climate change; heat waves; infant health; maternal health

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CLIMATOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; OBSTETRICS;

ABNORMAL CONDITIONS; BIRTH OUTCOMES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CONDITION; HEAT WAVES; MATERNAL HEALTHS; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; UTERINE BLEEDING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR CONDITIONING; BIRTH DATE; CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; PANEL DATA; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAT; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013628969     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12767     Document Type: Article

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