Household use of crop residues and fuelwood for cooking and newborn birth size in rural Bangladesh.

Mi-Sun LeeKi-Do EumMostofa GolamQuazi QuamruzzamanMolly L KileMaitreyi MazumdarDavid Chistopher Christiani

Published in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2022)

The use of crop residues for cooking was associated with reduced birth size and increased risk for LBW in Bangladeshi children, implying that the use of crop residues during pregnancy may have a detrimental effect on fetal growth.

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