Pregnancy outcome and ultraviolet radiation; A systematic review

Environmental Research

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 335-343

  Megaw, Lauren ^a,c   Clemens, Tom ^b   Dibben, Chris ^b   Weller, Richard ^c   Stock, Sarah ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental epidemiology; Pregnancy; Solar ultraviolet radiation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROWTH RATE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EMBASE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; REVIEW; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 85014338270     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.02.026     Document Type: Review

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