Temperature exposure during pregnancy and birth outcomes: An updated systematic review of epidemiological evidence

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue , 2017, Pages 700-712

  Zhang, Yunquan ^a   Yu, Chuanhua ^a   Wang, Lu ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Pregnancy; Preterm birth; Review; Stillbirth; Temperature

Indexed keywords

REVIEWS; TEMPERATURE;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ELECTRONIC DATABASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; LOW BIRTH WEIGHTS; PREGNANCY; PRETERM BIRTH; STILLBIRTH; TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE;

OBSTETRICS;

CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; PREGNANCY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE;

COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85015644881     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.066     Document Type: Review

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