Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2016
Abstract
Incense burning for rituals or religious purposes is an important tradition in many countries. However, incense smoke contains particulate matter and gas products such as carbon monoxide, sulfur and nitrogen dioxide, which are potentially harmful to health. We analyzed the relationship between prenatal incense burning and birth weight and head circumference at birth using the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study. We performed multivariate regression analysis on a sample of 15,773 Taiwanese babies born in 2005 and controlled extensively for factors that may be correlated with incense burning and birth outcomes. Prenatal incense burning environment was associated with lower birth weight and smaller head circumference at birth, especially for boys and especially for the lower quantiles of the distributions of birth outcomes.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Health Economics | Public Economics
Research Areas
Applied Microeconomics
Publication
Environmental Health Perspectives
Volume
124
Issue
9
First Page
1487
Last Page
1492
ISSN
0091-6765
Identifier
10.1289/ehp.1509922
Publisher
Public Health Services
Embargo Period
11-30-2015
Citation
CHEN, Le-Yu and HO, Christine.
Incense burning during pregnancy and birth weight and head circumference among term births: The Taiwan birth cohort study. (2016). Environmental Health Perspectives. 124, (9), 1487-1492.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1776
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Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1509922