The short and the dead: Nutrition, mortality, and the "Antebellum Puzzle" in the United States

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 382-413

  Haines, Michael R ^a,b   Craig, Lee A ^c   Weiss, Thomas ^b,d  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; NUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042230609     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050703001839     Document Type: Article

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