Health outcomes among offspring of US Coast Guard responders to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 2010-2011.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the potential for adverse health outcomes among infants born to US Coast Guard (USCG) responders to the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill disaster.

Methods

Department of Defense Birth and Infant Health Research programme data identified a cohort of singleton infants born 2010-2011 to USCG personnel in the DWH Oil Spill Coast Guard Cohort study. Infants were included if their military parent ('sponsor') responded to the oil spill during a selected reproductive exposure window (ie, 3 months preconception for male sponsors and periconception through pregnancy for female sponsors), or if their sponsor was a non-responder. χ² tests and multivariable log-binomial regression were used to compare the demographic and health characteristics of infants

SUBMITTER: Hall C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10023495 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature