Yaqun Zhang, Jie Qiu, Min Zhou, Xiaochun He, Hongmei Cui, Xiaoying Xu, Ling Lv, Xiaojuan Lin, Chong Zhang, Honghong Zhang, Ruifeng Xu, Bin Yi, Baohong Mao, Huang Huang, Lan Jin, Haoran Zhuo, Peiyuan Sun, Qing Liu, Yawei Zhang
INTRODUCTION: Birth defects are a leading cause of infant death. Pregnant women spend a large amount of time indoors, and little research from population-based studies has investigated the association between indoor air pollution and birth defects. We aimed to examine whether using coal, biomass, or electromagnetic stoves for cooking is associated with risk of birth defects compared to using gas stoves. METHODS: A birth cohort study was conducted from 2010-2012 in Lanzhou, China...
January 13, 2021: Environmental Research