Seasonal effects of water quality: The hidden costs of the Green Revolution to infant and child health in India

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-64

  Brainerd, Elizabeth ^a   Menon, Nidhiya ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Fertilizer agrichemicals; India; Infant mortality; Water pollutants

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GREEN REVOLUTION; HEALTH RISK; INFANT MORTALITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA;

EID: 84890849259     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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