Is it just a cure? Re-evaluating the effects of prenatal exposure to the Great Chinese Famine on the risk of infectious diseases in adulthood

Ping He, Yanan Luo, Ruoxi Ding and Xiaoying Zheng

Social Science & Medicine, 2022, vol. 314, issue C

Abstract: Very limited studies focused on the early-life adversities on infectious diseases. Taking the Great Chinese famine as a natural experiment, this study re-evaluated the long-term effect of prenatal famine exposure on infectious diseases by using nationally representative data.

Keywords: Great Chinese famine; Infectious diseases; Long-term effect exposure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115487

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