Whether weather matters: Evidence of association between in utero meteorological exposures and foetal growth among Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers in rural Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  MacVicar, Sarah ^a,d   Berrang Ford, Lea ^a   Harper, Sherilee ^b   Huang, Yi ^a   Bambaiha, Didacus Namanya ^c   Yang, Seungmi ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOTHER; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UGANDA; VULNERABLE POPULATION; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; INFANT MORTALITY; METEOROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; METEOROLOGY; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 85020398343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179010     Document Type: Article

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