Open AccessAmbient Heat and Sudden Infant Death: A Case-Crossover Study Spanning 30 Years in Montreal, Canada
Author(s) -
Nathalie Auger,
William D. Fraser,
Audrey Smargiassi,
Tom Kosatsky
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1307960
Subject(s) - sudden infant death syndrome , medicine , odds ratio , sudden death , apparent temperature , pediatrics , demography , relative risk , infant mortality , confidence interval , relative humidity , population , environmental health , meteorology , geography , sociology
Climate change may lead to more severe and extreme heat waves in the future, but its potential impact on sudden infant death-a leading cause of infant mortality-is unclear.
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