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The Captain of the Men of Death and His Shadow : Long-Run Impacts of Early Life Pneumonia Exposure

Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2011

our finding that African Americans experienced larger absolute reductions in pneumonia mortality after the arrival of …

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Infant health and longevity : evidence from a historical trial in Sweden

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2015

This paper investigates the potential of an infant intervention to improve life expectancy, contributing to emerging interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which provided information, support and monitoring of...

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Infant health and longevity : evidence from a historical trial in Sweden

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2015

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Infant Health and Longevity : Evidence from a Historical Trial in Sweden

Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2015

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Toxified to the Bone : Early-Life and Childhood Exposure to Lead and Men's Old-Age Mortality

Fletcher, Jason; Noghanibehambari, Hamid - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Several strands of research document the life-cycle impacts of lead exposure during the critical period of children …'s development. Yet little is known about long-run effects of lead exposure during early-life on old-age mortality outcomes. This … event-study analysis suggests that the impacts are more concentrated on children exposed during in-utero up to age 10. The …

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Critical periods during childhood and adolescence : a study of adult height among immigrant siblings

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lundborg, Petter; Nystedt, Paul; … - 2009

We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For …. Long-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation between siblings' ages at migration and their heights after age 18 … mother is well-educated. -- Early-life conditions ; migration ; parental education ; adult health ; height retardation ; age …

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Critical periods during childhood and adolescence : a study of adult height among immigrant siblings

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lundborg, Peter; Nystedt, Paul; … - 2011

We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For …-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation between siblings' ages at migration and their heights after age 18 allows us … mother is well-educated. -- early-life conditions ; migration ; parental education ; adult health ; height retardation ; age …

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The origins of early childhood anthropometric persistence

Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty - 2013

Rates of childhood obesity have increased dramatically in the last few decades. Non-causal evidence suggests that childhood obesity is highly persistent over the life cycle. However little is known about the origins of this persistence. In this paper we attempt to answer three questions. First,...

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Critical Periods During Childhood and Adolescence : A Study of Adult Height Among Immigrant Siblings

van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2009

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Early-life Health and Lifetime Outcomes : Evidence from the Large-scale Schistosomiasis Eradication in China

Liu, Chao - 2019

program targeted to schistosomiasis in China to identify the long-term impacts of early-life health on adult outcomes. We find …

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