Long-run effects on longevity of a nutritional shock early in life: The Dutch Potato famine of 1846-1847

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 617-629

  Lindeboom, Maarten ^a   Portrait, France ^b   van den Berg, Gerard J ^c  

^a TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Famine; Longevity; Natural experiments; Nutrition in early life; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

FAMINE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POTATO; PRICE DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL HISTORY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUNGER; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; POTATO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; STARVATION; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARVATION;

NETHERLANDS;

SECALE CEREALE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77956189076     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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