Childhood nutrition and later fertility: Pathways through education and pre-pregnant nutritional status

Demography

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-144

  Graff, Mariaelisa ^a   Yount, Kathryn M ^b,c   Ramakrishnan, Usha ^b,c   Martorell, Reynaldo ^b,c   Stein, Aryeh D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77950139404     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0090     Document Type: Article

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