Increase in fertility following coal and oil power plant retirements in California

• Main Authors: Joan A. Casey (Author), Alison Gemmill (Author), Deborah Karasek (Author), Elizabeth L. Ogburn (Author), Dana E. Goin (Author), Rachel Morello-Frosch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Few studies have explored the relationship between air pollution and fertility. We used a natural experiment in California when coal and oil power plants retired to estimate associations with nearby fertility rates. Methods We used a difference-in-differences negative binomial mo...