Heat and pregnancy-related emergencies: Risk of placental abruption during hot weather

Environment International

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 295-300

  He, Siyi ^a,b,c   Kosatsky, Tom ^d   Smargiassi, Audrey ^b,e   Bilodeau Bertrand, Marianne ^a,b   Auger, Nathalie ^a,b,c,e  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abruptio placentae; Gestational age; Heat stress disorders; Hot temperature; Meteorology; Placenta

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METEOROLOGY;

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAT STRESS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PLACENTA; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

OBSTETRICS;

HEALTH RISK; HEAT WAVE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADULT; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOT WEATHER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WEATHER; EMERGENCY; ODDS RATIO; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ADULT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85035079859     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.11.004     Document Type: Article

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