Fetal Origins of Lifetime Health

Encyclopedia of Health Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 309-314

  Almond, D ^a   Currie, J M ^b   Meckel, K ^a  

^a Columbia University and NBER ^*  (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult health; Early childhood; Fetal origins hypothesis; Human capital accumulation; Labor market outcomes; Natural experiments; Pollutants; Prenatal health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996582204     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375678-7.00417-X     Document Type: Chapter

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