Finding F-1694

“A combination of charcoal use and household garbage burning during pregnancy on fetal growth resulted in a 429g (95% CI: 259, 599) reduction in birth weight and 316% (RR=4.16; 95% CI: 2.02, 8.59) excess risk of LBW.”

Cooking fuel choices and garbage burning practices as determinants of birth weight: a cross-sectional study in Accra, Ghana (2012). Environmental health : a global access science source. Page 1. CKB 6798

Structure

Source: Charcoal
Outcome: Birth weight
Setting: home
Study design: cohort study of pregnant women: the household cooking fuel and household garbage burning during pregnancy related to fetal growth and to low birth weight, against households using liquefied petroleum gas only (class 3)
Effect: difference 429 (259–599)
Caveat: the exposure is charcoal use combined with household garbage burning, so the two cannot be separated

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