Intergenerational health consequences of the 1959-1961 Great Famine on children in rural China

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-40

  Li, Qiang ^a   An, Lian ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

I10; J13; JEL classification I12

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHINA; DATA ANALYSIS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUNGER; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PARENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STARVATION; SURVIVOR; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BODY HEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; STARVATION;

EID: 84937391907     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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