Economic effects of childhood exposure to tropical disease

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 218-223

  Bleakley, Hoyt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BRAZIL; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TROPIC CLIMATE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMICS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 73849138222     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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