Acute association between heatwaves and stillbirth in six US states

• Main Authors: Megan Richards (Author), Mengjiao Huang (Author), Matthew J. Strickland (Author), Andrew J. Newman (Author), Joshua L. Warren (Author), Rohan D'Souza (Author), Howard H. Chang (Author), Lyndsey A. Darrow (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and may acutely increase the risk of stillbirth, a rare and severe pregnancy outcome. Objectives Examine the association between multiple heatwave metrics and stillbirth in six U.S. states. Methods Data were collected from fetal death and birt...