Armed conflict and birth weight: Evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 190-199

  Mansour, Hani ^a,b   Rees, Daniel I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Israeli Palestinian conflict; Malnutrition; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; MALNUTRITION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; PREGNANCY;

ISRAEL; PALESTINE;

EID: 84861816800     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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