Climate variability and child height in rural Mexico

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-73

  Skoufias, Emmanuel ^a   Vinha, Katja ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Child height; Climate change; Mexico; Weather shocks

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WELFARE;

EID: 84855262433     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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