Birth Outcomes and Natural Gas Development: McKenzie et al. Respond
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BACKGROUND Birth defects are a leading cause of neonatal mortality. Natural gas development (NGD) emits several potential teratogens, and U.S. production of natural gas is expanding. OBJECTIVES We examined associations between maternal residential proximity to NGD and birth outcomes in a retrospective cohort study of 124,842 births between 1996 and 2009 in rural Colorado. METHODS We calcula...
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