Abstract:Background: Pneumonia is the leading cause of death and hospitalization among young children worldwide, but its risk factors remain unclear. Objective: To evaluate the effect of maternal exposure to diurnal temperature variation (DTV) during preconceptional and prenatal periods on childhood pneumonia. Methods: A retrospective cohort study by case-control design was conducted for pneumonia (N=699) and normal (N=811) children under age of 14 who were enrolled in XiangYa Hospital, Changsha, China from May 2017 to… Show more
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