Does Famine have a long-term effect on cohort mortality? Evidence from the 19591961 Great Leap Forward Famine in China

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-491

  Song, Shige ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POPULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; STARVATION; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STARVATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69249222892     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932009003332     Document Type: Article

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