The Effect of Prenatal Natural Disaster Exposure on School Outcomes

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1501-1525

  Fuller, Sarah C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Birth weight; Natural disaster; Prenatal development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISASTER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISASTERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84905013331     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0310-0     Document Type: Article

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