The effects of the World Trade Center event on birth outcomes among term deliveries at three lower Manhattan hospitals
SA Lederman, V Rauh, L Weiss, JL Stein… - Environmental …, 2004 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
The effects of prenatal exposure to pollutants from the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster
on fetal growth and subsequent health and development of exposed children remain a
source of concern. We assessed the impact of gestational timing of the disaster and distance
from the WTC in the 4 weeks after 11 September on the birth outcomes of 300 nonsmoking
women who were pregnant at the time of the event. They were recruited at delivery between
December 2001 and June 2002 from three hospitals close to the WTC site. Residential and …
on fetal growth and subsequent health and development of exposed children remain a
source of concern. We assessed the impact of gestational timing of the disaster and distance
from the WTC in the 4 weeks after 11 September on the birth outcomes of 300 nonsmoking
women who were pregnant at the time of the event. They were recruited at delivery between
December 2001 and June 2002 from three hospitals close to the WTC site. Residential and …