Climate Change and Congenital Anomalies: A Population-Based Study of the Effect of Prolonged Extreme Heat Exposure on the Risk of Neural Tube Defects in France.
Tim A BrucknerNhung T H TrinhNathalie LelongKaveh MadaniRémy SlamaJoanne GivenBabak Khoshnood
Published in: Birth defects research (2024)
Evidence from the "natural experiment" of an extreme climate event suggests an elevated risk of NTDs following exposure to prolonged extreme heat during the periconceptional period.