Early-life health and adult circumstance in developing countries

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-36

  Currie, Janet ^a   Vogl, Tom ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

critical periods; fetal origins; health production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882723821     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-081412-103704     Document Type: Review

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