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Title: The Effect of In Utero Exposure to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Life Expectancy in the United States
Citation Type: Conference Paper
Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: In utero exposure to maternal infection during the prenatal period may not only have an effect on infant health, it may have lasting effects on health over the life course. Infectious pandemics offer one vantage point to isolate the effects of in utero exposure to maternal infection on adult morbidity and mortality, the developmental origins of adult health and disease. According to fetal origins theory (Barker 1995), in utero exposure to nutritional deprivation and, potentially, infection increases the chances of developing chronic health conditions in adulthood. Recent evidence lends weight to this theory, with in utero exposure to the 1918 pandemic linked to increased rates of physical disability, cardiovascular problems, cancer, and metabolic disorders (Almond 2006; Almond and Mazumder 2005; Bengtsson and Helgertz 2015; Mazumder et al. 2010). In spite of the growing evidence that in utero exposure to nutritional deprivation and maternal infection impact adult morbidity, we know . . .
Url: http://paa2019.populationassociation.org/uploads/192735
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Authors: Hernandez, Elaine M; Helgertz, Jonas; Warren, John Robert; Torche, Florencia; Margerison, Claire; Anderson, Elizabeth
Conference Name: PAA 2019
Publisher Location: Austin, TX
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Health, Other, Population Health and Health Systems
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