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The impacts of air pollution on low birth weight

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  • Seonyeong Cho
  • Chung-Ki Lee
  • Beomsoo Kim

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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 (SO 2 ) during the third trimester also led to a significant but modest increase in the probability of low birth weight.

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  • Seonyeong Cho & Chung-Ki Lee & Beomsoo Kim, 2013. "The impacts of air pollution on low birth weight," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(3), pages 208-212, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:20:y:2013:i:3:p:208-212
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.689100
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    1. Ball, Alastair, 2014. "Air pollution, foetal mortality, and long-term health: Evidence from the Great London Smog," MPRA Paper 63229, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 25 Mar 2015.
    2. Alastair Ball, 2018. "The Long-Term Economic Costs of the Great London Smog," Birkbeck Working Papers in Economics and Finance 1814, Birkbeck, Department of Economics, Mathematics & Statistics.

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