Differences in Birth Weight Associated with the 2008 Beijing Olympic Air Pollution Reduction: Results from a Natural Experiment

Conclusions: Short-term decreases in air pollution late in pregnancy in Beijing during the 2008 Summer Olympics, a normally heavily polluted city, were associated with higher birth weight.

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Citation: Rich DQ, Liu K, Zhang J, Thurston SW, Stevens TP, Pan Y, Kane C, Weinberger B, Ohman-Strickland P, Woodruff TJ, Duan X, Assibey-Mensah V, Zhang J. Differences in Birth Weight Associated with the 2008 Beijing Olympic Air Pollution Reduction: Results from a Natural Experiment. Environ Health Perspect; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1408795.
Received: 8 June 2014
Accepted: 22 April 2015
Advance Publication: 28 April 2015
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Source: EHP Research - April 28, 2015 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Sam Duvall Tags: Children's Health Source Type: research