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 …

Seasonal patterns of birth outcomes, such as low birth weight, preterm birth and stillbirth,
have been found around the world. As a result, there has been an increasing interest in …

This paper examined the relationship between birth weight, precipitation, and temperature in
19 African countries. We matched recorded birth weights from Demographic and Health …

The relationships between meteorology and pregnancy outcomes are not well known. This
article reviews available evidence on the relationships between seasonality or meteorology …

Almost 10% of all births are preterm, and 2.2% are stillbirths. Recent research has
suggested that environmental factors may be a contributory cause of these adverse birth …

Pregnancy is increasingly considered a period of vulnerability for extreme heat exposure.
Multiple lines of evidence support that heat stress is associated with placental insufficiency …

Objective to examine the evidence in relation to preterm birth and high environmental
temperature. Background this review was conducted against a background of global …

Exposure to intrauterine heat stress during late gestation affects offspring performance into
adulthood. However, underlying mechanistic links between thermal insult in fetal life and …

Background Studies looking at air temperature (Ta) and birth outcomes are rare. Objectives
We investigated the association between birth outcomes and daily Ta during various …

Background Many previous studies have found seasonal patterns in birth outcomes, but with
little agreement about which season poses the highest risk. Some of the heterogeneity …