The Impact of the Wenchuan Earthquake on Birth Outcomes

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Cong E Tan · Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine

Hong Jun Li · Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Xian Geng Zhang · Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Hui Zhang · Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pei Yu Han · Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Qu An · Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Weijun Ding

Abstract

A hospital-based study of birth outcomes impacted by the Wenchuan earthquake shows that the earthquake was associated with significant effects on birth outcomes, indicating it is a major monitor for long-term pregnant outcomes.

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Global Maternal and Child Health Disaster Response and Management Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences

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Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 4, Issue 12, pp. e8200-e8200

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008200

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