Journal article
Urban trees and the risk of poor birth outcomes
Health & place, v 17(1), pp 390-393
Jan 2011
PMID: 21106432
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Abstract
This paper investigated whether greater tree-canopy cover is associated with reduced risk of poor birth outcomes in Portland, Oregon. Residential addresses were geocoded and linked to classified-aerial imagery to calculate tree-canopy cover in 50, 100, and 200m buffers around each home in our sample (n=5696). Detailed data on maternal characteristics and additional neighborhood variables were obtained from birth certificates and tax records. We found that a 10% increase in tree-canopy cover within 50m of a house reduced the number of small for gestational age births by 1.42 per 1000 births (95% CI—0.11–2.72). Results suggest that the natural environment may affect pregnancy outcomes and should be evaluated in future research.
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- Title
- Urban trees and the risk of poor birth outcomes
- Creators
- Geoffrey H Donovan - USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Portland 97205, OR, USAYvonne L Michael - Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia 19102, PA, USADavid T Butry - National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg 20899, MD, USAAmy D Sullivan - Multnomah County Health Department, Portland 97204, OR, USAJohn M Chase - USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Portland 97205, OR, USA
- Publication Details
- Health & place, v 17(1), pp 390-393
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000288776500046
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-78751575801
- Other Identifier
- 991014878039004721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health