No consistent effects of prenatal or neonatal exposure to Spanish flu on late-life mortality in 24 developed countries
We test the effects of early life exposure to disease on later health by looking for differences in late-life mortality in cohorts born around the 1918-1919 flu pandemic using data from the Human Mortality Database for 24 countries. After controlling for age, period, and sex effects, residual mortal...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2010-04-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/20/ |