Maternal proximity to mountain-top removal mining and birth defects in Appalachian Kentucky, 1997–2003

• Daniel B. Cooper,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

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• Courtney J. Walker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3274-7304

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• W. Jay Christian

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jay.christian@uky.edu

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6904-3971

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