ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2007
Fetal deaths and proximity to hazardous waste sites in Washington State.
Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Hazardous waste and health impact: a systematic review of the scientific literature.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2017Pooled it
- Systematic literature review of reproductive outcome associated with residential proximity to polluted sites.International journal of health geographics · 2017Pooled it
- The presence of Superfund sites as a determinant of life expectancy in the United States.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Review of research on residential mobility during pregnancy: consequences for assessment of prenatal environmental exposures.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2012Review
- Residential proximity to environmental hazards and adverse health outcomes.American journal of public health · 2011Review
- Environmental metrics for community health improvement.Preventing chronic disease · 2010Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe in utero period is one of increased susceptibility to environmental effects. The effects of prenatal exposure to environmental toxicants on various adverse pregnancy outcomes, including fetal death, are not well understood.
objectiveWe examined the risk of fetal death in relation to maternal residential proximity to hazardous waste sites.
methodsWe conducted a population-based case-control study using Washington State vital records for 1987-2001. Cases were women with fetal deaths at > or = 20 weeks (n = 7,054). Ten controls per case were randomly selected from live births. Locations of 939 hazardous waste sites were identified from the Department of Ecology registry. We measured distance from maternal residence at delivery to the nearest hazardous waste site, and calculated odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
resultsThe risk of fetal death for women residing < or = 0.5 miles, relative to > 5 miles, from a hazardous waste site was not increased (adjusted OR = 1.06; 95% CI, 0.90-1.25). No associations were observed for any proximity categories < or = 5 miles from sites with contaminated air, soil, water, solvents, or metals; however, fetal death risk increased among women residing < or = 1 mile from pesticide-containing sites (OR = 1.28; 95% CI, 1.13-1.46).
conclusionThese results do not suggest that fetal death is associated with residential proximity to hazardous waste sites overall; however, close proximity to pesticide-containing sites may increase the risk of fetal death.
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