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The effects of an epidemic on prenatal investments, childhood mortality and health of surviving children

The potential death toll from an epidemic is larger than the number of deaths directly associated with the infection. In this study, we find that prenatal exposure to a cholera epidemic in Peru increased childhood mortality and that surviving children were more likely to be underweight and to suffer...

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Autores principales: Ritter, Patricia I., Sanchez, Ricardo A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8968331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35378850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-022-00886-1