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Urban trees and the risk of poor birth outcomes

Overview of attention for article published in Health & Place, November 2010
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (93rd percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (73rd percentile)

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Title
Urban trees and the risk of poor birth outcomes
Published in
Health & Place, November 2010
DOI 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.11.004
Pubmed ID
Authors

Geoffrey H. Donovan, Yvonne L. Michael, David T. Butry, Amy D. Sullivan, John M. Chase

Abstract

This paper investigated whether greater tree-canopy cover is associated with reduced risk of poor birth outcomes in Portland, Oregon. Residential addresses were geocoded and linked to classified-aerial imagery to calculate tree-canopy cover in 50, 100, and 200 m buffers around each home in our sample (n=5696). Detailed data on maternal characteristics and additional neighborhood variables were obtained from birth certificates and tax records. We found that a 10% increase in tree-canopy cover within 50 m of a house reduced the number of small for gestational age births by 1.42 per 1000 births (95% CI-0.11-2.72). Results suggest that the natural environment may affect pregnancy outcomes and should be evaluated in future research.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 6 3%
Sweden 2 <1%
Canada 2 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
Ethiopia 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Unknown 205 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 50 23%
Researcher 40 18%
Student > Master 39 18%
Student > Doctoral Student 14 6%
Student > Bachelor 10 5%
Other 41 19%
Unknown 26 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 51 23%
Environmental Science 49 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 25 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 8%
Design 7 3%
Other 26 12%
Unknown 44 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 May 2018.
All research outputs
#2,201,950
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Health & Place
#388
of 1,826 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#11,567
of 188,263 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health & Place
#5
of 19 outputs
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