Testing the fetal origins hypothesis in a developing country: Evidence from the 1918 influenza pandemic

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1181-1192

  Nelson, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Fetal origins hypothesis; Influenza

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL ORIGINS HYPOTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW; SALARY; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPANISH INFLUENZA;

BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PANDEMICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77957365800     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1544     Document Type: Review

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