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Does Living Along a Busy Highway Increase Premature Births?

其他書名	Open-road Tolling Contributes to Better Infant Health--and Saves $440 Million in Health Care Costs
出版	John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2014
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ppBhnQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋KEY FINDINGS: The costs of implementing "traffic taming" measures in residential areas may be at least partially justified by their health benefits. After E-ZPass was installed, which reduces pollution, low birth weight and premature births were reduced significantly in residential areas closest to the toll plaza. Among the roughly 30,000 births to mothers living within 2 kilometers of a toll plaza, 255 premature births and 275 low birth weight births were averted with EZ-Pass. Reducing prenatal exposure to the pollutants from congestion could reduce preterm births by as many as 8,600 annually, for a cost savings of at least $444 million per year.