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Surface Water Quality and Infant Mortality in China

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ID4360372
AuthorsGuojun He (0000-0003-2391-9493, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Jeffrey M Perloff (0000-0003-0111-7158, A.P. Giannini Foundation)
Year2016
Volume65
Issue1
Pages119-139
Publication date2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/687603
OpenAlexW2407904391
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited30

Surface water pollution has a significant, nonmonotonic effect on the infant mortality rate in China. As surface water quality deteriorates, the infant mortality rate first increases and then decreases. Thus, moderate levels of pollutionin the absence of good information on water quality-are the most dangerous

Biology · China · Environmental health · Geography · Infant mortality · Mortality rate · Physics · Population · Quality (philosophy) · Surface water · Water quality · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Ecology · Environmental Engineering · Environmental Science · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Pollution

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Unique citing works9
Citations per year1,5
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 9

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