Assessing the impact of in utero exposure to famine on fecundity: Evidence from the 1959-61 famine in China

Population Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 293-308

  Song, Shige ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

China; developmental origins of health and disease; difference in differences analysis; famine; fecundity; female sterility; long term survivor; mixture model

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMINE; FECUNDITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; STERILITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

CHINA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STARVATION;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STARVATION;

EID: 84886404668     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2013.774045     Document Type: Article

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