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- Title
Low birthweight in New York city and upstate New York following the events of September 11th.
- Authors
Brenda Eskenazi; Amy R. Marks; Ralph Catalano; Tim Bruckner; Paolo G. Toniolo
- Abstract
BACKGROUND We examined pregnancy outcomes in New York City (NYC) and upstate New York after the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center disaster. METHODS Using birth certificate data for NY residents (n = 1660,401 births), we estimated risk of low birthweight (LBW: RESULTS One week after September 11th in NYC, we observed an adjusted odds of 1.44 for births P = 0.07) and 1.67 for births 1500â1999 g (P = 0.01), but a decreased odds of 2000â2499 g. We found no immediate change in LBW upstate or preterm in either location. In extended analyses, we found, in both locations, increased odds of CONCLUSIONS The events of September 11, 2001 in NYC were associated with immediate increases in births
- Subjects
LOW birth weight; FETAL growth retardation; SEPTEMBER 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Human Reproduction, 2007, Vol 22, Issue 11, p3013
- ISSN
0268-1161
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/humrep/dem301