The association between mountaintop mining and birth defects among live births in central Appalachia, 1996-2003

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 838-846

  Ahern, Melissa M ^a   Hendryx, Michael ^b   Conley, Jamison ^b   Fedorko, Evan ^b   Ducatman, Alan ^b   Zullig, Keith J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defect outcomes; Central Appalachia; Coal pollutants; Ecological study; Health impacts; Mountaintop coal mining

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; CORRELATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; MOUNTAIN REGION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COAL MINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

APPALACHIAN REGION; COAL MINING; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 79960644905     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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