kidney disease, circulatory, respiratory problems, and diabetes in old age, than other birth cohorts. Despite the possible …

-partum, whether the mother breastfed, and duration of breastfeeding. Association of income outcomes with maternal pre-pregnancy …

, with limited data on low and middle income countries. The burden of disease is very high even for single complications. For … example, the disease burden related to non-exclusive breastfeeding was given as 14.39 billion international dollars (ID) (2012 …

overall health status at birth. These effects are mainly driven by pollution exposure during the third trimester of pregnancy …

NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. This paper examines the links between the disease environment around the time … of a woman's birth, and her health at the time she delivers her own infant. Our results suggest that exposure to disease … as well as disease exposure. Among blacks, we find that maternal exposure reduces the incidence of low birth weight. The …

This paper examines the links between the disease environment around the time of a woman's birth, and her health at the … time she delivers her own infant. Our results suggest that exposure to disease in early childhood significantly increases … whites. Among whites, this effect remains when we control for maternal behaviors as well as disease exposure. Among blacks …