Seasonal effects of water quality: The hidden costs of the Green Revolution to infant and child health in India
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☆ Thanks to Andrew Foster, Dilip Mookherjee, and J research design. Thanks to Linda Bui, Sonia Bhalotra, Rem pants at Brandeis, the IGC-ISI Conference in New Delh Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy at Tufts Unive NEUDC 2012, ISI Economic Growth and Development C 2013, PAA 2013, IGC-ISI South Asia Growth Conference 20 to Rema Hanna and Michael Greenstone for sharing th Control Board's (CPCB) data on water pollution measur many people at CPCB especially J.S. Kamyotra, D.D. Bas facilitating access to and for answering numerous quest to Kelly Hodgson at the UNEP GEMS/Water Program for two anonymous referees whose comments have improve International Growth Center's India Central Program for Carol Hughes-Hallett Ramos, Tarini Nalwa, Udit Patwardh excellent research assistance. The usual disclaimer applies ⁎ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 781 736 4816. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (E. Brainerd), (N. Menon). 1 Tel.: +1 781 736 2230.
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