The association between ambient temperature and preterm birth in Shenzhen, China: a distributed lag non-linear time series analysis

Liang, Zhijiang; Lin, Yan; Ma, Yuanzhu; Zhang, Lei; Zhang, Xue; Li, Li; Zhang, Shaoqiang; Cheng, Yuli; Zhou, Xiaomei; Lin, Hualiang; Miao, Huazhang; Zhao, Qingguo

doi:10.1186/s12940-016-0166-4

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The association between ambient temperature and preterm birth in Shenzhen, China: a distributed lag non-linear time series analysis

Published in Environmental Health • Aug 8, 2016

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Zhijiang Liang

Yan Lin

Yuanzhu Ma

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A few studies have examined the association between ambient temperature and preterm birth (PTB), and the results have been inconsistent. This study explored the association between ambient temperature and PTB in Shenzhen, China. METHODS: Data of daily singleton PTB, air pollution and met...

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