Identifying the intergenerational effects of the 1959-1961 Chinese Great Leap Forward Famine on infant mortality

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 474-487

  Song, Shige ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Developmental origins of health and disease; Famine; Great Leap Forward; Infant mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FETAL MALNUTRITION; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHINA; DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE; FAMINE; GREAT LEAP FORWARD; INFANT MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; STARVATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888429110     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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