Associations between high temperatures in pregnancy and risk of preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirths: systematic review and meta-analysis

MF Chersich, MD Pham, A Areal, MM Haghighi… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To assess whether exposure to high temperatures in pregnancy is associated with
increased risk for preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth. Design Systematic review and …

Extreme heat and pregnancy outcomes: a scoping review of the epidemiological evidence

S Syed, TL O'Sullivan, KP Phillips - International journal of environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Extreme heat caused by climate change is a major public health concern,
disproportionately affecting poor and racialized communities. Gestational heat exposure is a …

Drought–heatwave nexus in Brazil and related impacts on health and fires: A comprehensive review

R Libonati, JL Geirinhas, PS Silva… - Annals of the new …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is drastically altering the frequency, duration, and severity of compound
drought‐heatwave (CDHW) episodes, which present a new challenge in environmental and …

Heat exposure and maternal health in the face of climate change

L Kuehn, S McCormick - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Climate change will increasingly affect the health of vulnerable populations, including
maternal and fetal health. This systematic review aims to identify recent literature that …

Temperature exposure during pregnancy and birth outcomes: an updated systematic review of epidemiological evidence

Y Zhang, C Yu, L Wang - Environmental Pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Seasonal patterns of birth outcomes have been observed worldwide, and there was
increasing evidence that ambient temperature played as a trigger of adverse birth outcomes …

Trade-offs of personal versus more proxy exposure measures in environmental epidemiology

MG Weisskopf, TF Webster - Epidemiology, 2017 - journals.lww.com
The technological ability to make personal measurements of toxicant exposures is growing
rapidly. While this can decrease measurement error and therefore help reduce attenuation …

The impact of heat waves on children's health: a systematic review

Z Xu, PE Sheffield, H Su, X Wang, Y Bi… - International journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Young children are thought to be particularly sensitive to heat waves, but relatively less
research attention has been paid to this field to date. A systematic review was conducted to …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of meteorology with adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review of preeclampsia, preterm birth and birth weight

AJ Beltran, J Wu, O Laurent - … of environmental research and public health, 2014 - mdpi.com
The relationships between meteorology and pregnancy outcomes are not well known. This
article reviews available evidence on the relationships between seasonality or meteorology …

The impact of high ambient temperatures on delivery timing and gestational lengths

A Barreca, J Schaller - Nature Climate Change, 2020 - nature.com
Evidence suggests that heat exposure increases delivery risk for pregnant women.
Acceleration of childbirth leads to shorter gestation, which has been linked to later health …

Ambient temperature and the risk of preterm birth in Guangzhou, China (2001–2011)

JR He, Y Liu, XY Xia, WJ Ma, HL Lin… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Although effects of weather changes on human health have been widely
reported, there is limited information regarding effects on pregnant women in developing …