Differences in birth weight associated with the 2008 Beijing olympic air pollution reduction: Results from a natural experiment

Using the natural experiment of air pollution declines during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the researchers evaluated whether having specific months of pregnancy (i.e. 1st…8th) during the 2008 Olympic period was associated with larger birth weights, compared with pregnancies during the same dates in 2007 or 2009.

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Publication Date: 
28/04/2015
David Q. Rich, Kaibo Liu, Jinliang Zhang & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
1-36
Attachment(s): 
Beijing Olympic Air Pollution Reduction.pdf
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Air Quality and Health, Beijing, China, Child Health, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, PM 2.5