EFFECTS OF CHRONIC LOW DOSES OF IONIZING RADIATION ON BIRTH WEIGHT AND SEX RATIO AMONG A POPULATION LIVING NEAR A FORMER URANIUM PROCESSING FACILITY AT FERNALD, OHIO

 
 
 
 

EFFECTS OF CHRONIC LOW DOSES OF IONIZING RADIATION ON BIRTH WEIGHT AND SEX RATIO AMONG A POPULATION LIVING NEAR A FORMER URANIUM PROCESSING FACILITY AT FERNALD, OHIO

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Title: EFFECTS OF CHRONIC LOW DOSES OF IONIZING RADIATION ON BIRTH WEIGHT AND SEX RATIO AMONG A POPULATION LIVING NEAR A FORMER URANIUM PROCESSING FACILITY AT FERNALD, OHIO
Author: Poe, Stacy Ann
Description: The role of environmental radiation in the etiology of birth weight and sex ratio was evaluated for 10,105 live births, among a population living near a former uranium processing facility near Fernald, Ohio. Complete pregnancy histories and residential histories were collected by a medical monitoring program. Using a retrospective cohort study, the pregnancies were analyzed controlling for gravidity, gestational age of the fetus at birth, sex, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, maternal age, maternal height, work during pregnancy, race and diabetes. There were no significant associations found between ionizing radiation, birth weight or sex ratio. Cigarette smoking, gestational age of the fetus, maternal height and sex were significant risk factors in all regression models used to analyze birth weight, and maternal age was significant in some regression models used to analyze sex ratio. Although these analyses found no association between the exposure metric, birth weight and sex ratio, more precise exposure modeling is needed before a definitive answer to the scientific question can be found.
Permanent Link: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin976027709
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/12485
Date: 2000

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