Increase in fertility following coal and oil power plant retirements in California.

Joan A CaseyAlison GemmillDeborah KarasekElizabeth L OgburnDana E GoinRachel Morello-Frosch

Published in: Environmental health : a global access science source (2018)

Fertility rates among nearby populations appeared to increase after coal and oil power plant retirements. Our study design limited the possibility that our findings resulted from temporal trends or changes in population composition. These results require confirmation in other populations, given known methodological limitations of ecologic study designs.

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