Maternal height and child mortality in 42 developing countries
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Maternal height and child mortality in 42 developing countries.
Previous research reports mixed results about the association between maternal height and child mortality. Some studies suggest that the negative association might be stronger in contexts with fewer resources. This hypothesis has yet not been tested in a cross-nationally comparative design. We use data on 307,223 children born to 194,835 women in 444 districts of 42 developing countries to esti...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Human Biology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1042-0533,1520-6300
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20860