The intergenerational transmission of height: Evidence from rural Vietnam

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1448-1467

  Venkataramani, Atheendar S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epigenetic; Health; Height; Intergenerational transfers; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ECONOMICS; EPIGENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEIGHT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; VIET NAM;

ALGORITHMS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 80054890878     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1688     Document Type: Review

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