Heat exposure and maternal health in the face of climate change

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Kuehn, Leeann ^a,b   McCormick, Sabrina ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fetal health; Heat exposure; Maternal health

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEATING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATERNAL HEALTH; META-ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEONATAL STRESS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAT; PREGNANCY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 85026661460     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14080853     Document Type: Review

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