Residential proximity to industry and adverse birth outcomes

Lancet. 1999 Sep 11;354(9182):920-1. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)01687-6.

Abstract

We studied birth statistics in women living at varying proximity to major steel and petrochemical industries in Teesside, UK. We found no evidence to support the hypothesis that living close to these major industries led to adverse birth outcomes.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants / adverse effects*
  • Congenital Abnormalities / epidemiology
  • Congenital Abnormalities / etiology*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • England / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Fetal Death / epidemiology
  • Fetal Death / etiology*
  • Fetal Growth Retardation / epidemiology
  • Fetal Growth Retardation / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Industry*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Odds Ratio
  • Petroleum
  • Pregnancy
  • Residence Characteristics*
  • Risk Factors
  • Steel

Substances

  • Air Pollutants
  • Petroleum
  • Steel