The Effects of Intrauterine Malnutrition on Birth and Fertility Outcomes: Evidence From the 1974 Bangladesh Famine

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1775-1796

  Hernández Julián, Rey ^a   Mansour, Hani ^b   Peters, Christina ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Famine; Fertility; Fetal origins; Infant mortality; Trivers Willard

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STARVATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STARVATION;

EID: 84910006860     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0326-5     Document Type: Article

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