An epidemiological assessment of the effect of ambient temperature on the incidence of preterm births: Identifying windows of susceptibility during pregnancy

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2018, Pages 201-207

  Zheng, Xiangrong ^a   Zhang, Weishe ^a   Lu, Chan ^b   Norbäck, Dan ^b,c   Deng, Qihong ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Cohort study; Conception month; Extreme heat or cold days; Pregnancy; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; CHINA; COLD; HEAT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREMATURITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; EXTREME COLD; EXTREME HEAT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 85045538525     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2018.04.001     Document Type: Article

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