The impacts of air pollution on low birth weight

Seonyeong Cho; Chung Ki Lee; Beomsoo Kim

doi:10.1080/13504851.2012.689100

The impacts of air pollution on low birth weight

Seonyeong Cho, Chung Ki Lee, Beomsoo Kim

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Abstract

This study examines the impacts of air pollution on low birth weight by considering overtime variation in Korea in early 2000, when some parts of Korea experienced huge drop in air pollution due to regulation. The mother's exposure to ozone level above 0.12 ppm per hour during the first trimester increased the probability of low birth weight by 0.4 percentage point (0.08% of the sample mean). Exposure to carbon monoxide or sulphur dioxide (SO2) during the third trimester also led to a significant but modest increase in the probability of low birth weight.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	208-212
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Economics Letters
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2012.689100
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Air pollution
Low birth weight
Maternal health

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Economics and Econometrics

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