Does early-life famine exposure lead to healthy later-life dietary behavior: Evidence from the great Chinese famine
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Early-life famine exposure; Dietary behavior; Healthy eating score; Food composition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- Q1 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
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