ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2021
Associations between Residential Proximity to Oil and Gas Drilling and Term Birth Weight and Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants in Texas: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis.
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- Temporal Trends of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Population Exposures to Upstream Oil and Gas Development in California.GeoHealth · 2023Article
- Congenital anomalies associated with oil and gas development and resource extraction: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Texas.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2023Article
- Associations between proximity to gas production activity in counties and birth outcomes across the US.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Metal Exposures in Residents Living Near an Urban Oil Drilling Site in Los Angeles, California.Environmental science & technology · 2022Article
- Assessing Exposure to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development: Strengths, Challenges, and Implications for Epidemiologic Research.Current environmental health reports · 2022Review
- The association of unconventional natural gas development with diagnosis and treatment of internalizing disorders among adolescents in Pennsylvania using electronic health records.Environmental research · 2022Article
- Associations between residential proximity to oil and gas extraction and hypertensive conditions during pregnancy: a difference-in-differences analysis in Texas, 1996-2009.International journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
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backgroundOil and natural gas extraction may produce environmental pollution at levels that affect reproductive health of nearby populations. Available studies have primarily focused on unconventional gas drilling and have not accounted for local population changes that can coincide with drilling activity.
objectiveOur study sought to examine associations between residential proximity to oil and gas drilling and adverse term birth outcomes using a difference-in-differences study design.
methodsWe created a retrospective population-based term birth cohort in Texas between 1996 and 2009 composed of mother-infant dyads (
resultsThe adjusted mean difference in term birth weight for mothers living 0-1 vs.
conclusionsResiding near oil and gas drilling sites during pregnancy was associated with a small reduction in term birth weight but not SGA, with some evidence of environmental injustices. Additional work is needed to investigate specific drilling-related exposures that might explain these associations. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP7678.
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