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Climate Change May Lead to Low Newborn Weights in Poorer Nations
2015-10-02 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
HealthDay: Climate change is expected to bring about a host of health harms, and a new study suggests that a surprising addition to that list might be an increase in the number of low birth weight babies born in poor nations. The researchers looked at almost 70,000 births in 19 African nations. The births occurred between 1986 and 2010. The researchers hoped to assess the relationship between rainfall, temperature and birth weight. They found that that lower levels of rainfall and an increased number of very...
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