1. Hurricane Charley Exposure and Hazard of Preterm Delivery, Florida 2004
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Grabich, Shannon C., Robinson, Whitney R., Engel, Stephanie M., Konrad, Charles E., Richardson, David B., and Horney, Jennifer A.
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Research ,Risk factors ,Demographic aspects ,Environmental aspects ,Health aspects ,Hurricanes -- Health aspects -- Research -- United States ,Premature birth -- Risk factors -- Environmental aspects -- Demographic aspects -- Research - Abstract
Author(s): Shannon C. Grabich[sup.1] , Whitney R. Robinson[sup.1] , Stephanie M. Engel[sup.1] , Charles E. Konrad[sup.2] , David B. Richardson[sup.1] , Jennifer A. Horney[sup.1] [sup.3] Author Affiliations: (1) Department of [...], Objective Hurricanes are powerful tropical storm systems with high winds which influence many health effects. Few studies have examined whether hurricane exposure is associated with preterm delivery. We aimed to estimate associations between maternal hurricane exposure and hazard of preterm delivery. Methods We used data on 342,942 singleton births from Florida Vital Statistics Records 2004-2005 to capture pregnancies at risk of delivery during the 2004 hurricane season. Maternal exposure to Hurricane Charley was assigned based on maximum wind speed in maternal county of residence. We estimated hazards of overall preterm delivery (
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- 2016
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