Ambient temperature and the risk of preterm birth: A national birth cohort study in the mainland China

Background: Little is known about the effect of ambient temperature on preterm birth, especially for the trimester-specific effects. Objective: To evaluate whether exposure to relatively low or high temperature during pregnancy is associated with increasing risk of preterm birth or not. Method: We a...

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Main Authors: Yuan-Yuan Wang, Qin Li, Yuming Guo, Hong Zhou, Qiao-Mei Wang, Hai-Ping Shen, Yi-Ping Zhang, Dong-Hai Yan, Shanshan Li, Gongbo Chen, Shuang Zhou, Yuan He, Ying Yang, Zuo-Qi Peng, Hai-Jun Wang, Xu Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Environment International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020318067