Prenatal malnutrition and subsequent foetal loss risk: Evidence from the 1959-1961 Chinese famine
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.26
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Keywords
multiple imputation; famine; foetal loss; foetal origins; difference-in-difference-in-difference;All these keywords.
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- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General
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