Early-life environment and adult stature in Brazil: An analysis for cohorts born between 1950 and 1980

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-80

  De Oliveira, Victor Hugo ^a   Quintana Domeque, Climent ^b  

^a Ipec   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fixed effects estimator; Income; Infant mortality; Lagged dependent variable estimator; Measured adult height

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION GROWTH; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84919955759     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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