Open AccessRisk of Congenital Heart Defects after Ambient Heat Exposure Early in Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Nathalie Auger,
William D. Fraser,
Reg Sauvé,
Marianne BilodeauBertrand,
Tom Kosatsky
Publication year - 2016
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/ehp171
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , confidence interval , relative risk , heart defect , heart disease , fetus , cohort study , obstetrics , cardiology , biology , genetics
Congenital heart defects may be environmentally related, but the association with elevated ambient temperature has received little attention.
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