Research | Children’s Health
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Ambient Temperature and the Risk of Preterm Birth in Guangzhou, China (2001–2011) Jian-Rong He,1,2,* Yu Liu,1,2,* Xiao-Yan Xia,1,2,3 Wen-Jun Ma,4 Hua-Liang Lin,4 Hai-Dong Kan,5 Jin-Hua Lu,1,2 Qiong Feng,2 Wei-Jian Mo,2 Ping Wang,2 Hui-Min Xia,1 Xiu Qiu,1,2 and Louis J. Muglia 6 1Division of Birth Cohort Study, and 2Department of Health Care, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China; 3Guangzhou Women and Children’s Health Information Center, Guangzhou, China; 4Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China; 5School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, Fudan University, China; 6Center for Prevention of Preterm Birth, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Background: Although effects of weather changes on human health have been widely reported, there is limited information regarding effects on pregnant women in developing countries. Objective: We investigated the association between maternal exposure to ambient temperature and the risk of preterm birth (
A Section 508–conformant HTML version of this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1509778.
Ambient Temperature and the Risk of Preterm Birth in Guangzhou, China (2001–2011) Jian-Rong He,1,2,* Yu Liu,1,2,* Xiao-Yan Xia,1,2,3 Wen-Jun Ma,4 Hua-Liang Lin,4 Hai-Dong Kan,5 Jin-Hua Lu,1,2 Qiong Feng,2 Wei-Jian Mo,2 Ping Wang,2 Hui-Min Xia,1 Xiu Qiu,1,2 and Louis J. Muglia 6 1Division of Birth Cohort Study, and 2Department of Health Care, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China; 3Guangzhou Women and Children’s Health Information Center, Guangzhou, China; 4Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China; 5School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, Fudan University, China; 6Center for Prevention of Preterm Birth, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Background: Although effects of weather changes on human health have been widely reported, there is limited information regarding effects on pregnant women in developing countries. Objective: We investigated the association between maternal exposure to ambient temperature and the risk of preterm birth (
