Decreased birth weight after prenatal exposure to wildfires on the eastern coast of Korea in 2000.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In April 2000, a series of wildfires occurred simultaneously in five adjacent small cities located on the eastern coast of Korea. These wildfires burned approximately 23,794 hectares of forestland over several days. We investigated the effects of prenatal exposure to the by-products generated by wildfire disasters on birth weight.

Methods

Birth weight data were obtained for 1999-2001 from the birth registration database of the Korean National Statistical Office and matched with the zip code and exposed/unexposed pregnancy week for days of the wildfires. Generalized linear models were then used to assess the associations between birth weight and exposure to wildfires after adjusting for fetal sex, gestational age, parity, maternal age, maternal education, paternal

SUBMITTER: Jung EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10106538 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature