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Impact of fetal and infant exposure to the Chinese Great Famine on the risk of hypertension in adulthood. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Famine provides quasi-experimental conditions for testing the hypothesis of "programming" health effects by poor nutrition in early life.
Pei-Xi Wang +4 more
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The Feminization of Famine by Margaret Kelleher. The Author's Response to Maureen Murphy’s Article.
ABEI Journal, 1999 My study, The Feminization of Famine, was published in 1997 and thus became part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Great Insh Famine (1845-1851).
Margaret Kelleher
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BMJ Open, 2020 Objectives To investigate the association between early life famine exposure and cognitive function in adults.Design Historical cohort studySetting North Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia.Participants We recruited 1047 adult men and women aged 30–38 years ...
Mubarek Abera +5 more
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The Malawi 2002 Famine – Destitution, Democracy and Donors
Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2008 The validity of two famine theories at the political level is assessed using the Malawi 2002 famine: (i) Amartya Sen’s thesis of a positive impact of democracy on famine protection and (ii) De Waal’s thesis stressing the importance of anti-famine ...
Olivier Rubin
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Clinical Epigenetics, 2023 Background Undernutrition in pregnant women is an unfavorable environmental condition that can affect the intrauterine development via epigenetic mechanisms and thus have long-lasting detrimental consequences for the mental health of the offspring later ...
Heike Eichenauer, Ulrike Ehlert
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The potato murrain on the European continent and the revolutions of 1848 [PDF]
, 2008 The tale of the Irish Famine, 1845¿1849, following the outbreak of potato late blight, has been told repeatedly, but the parallel story of the Continental Famine, 1845¿1847, has not yet been recorded. The Continental Famine was caused by poor harvests of
Zadoks, J.C.
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Background: No study has explored the modification effect of ideal cardiovascular health metrics (ICVHMs) on the association between famine exposure and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) so far.
Xiong Ding +9 more
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Exposure to Famine at a Young Age and Unhealthy Lifestyle Behavior Later in Life. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 BACKGROUND:A healthy diet is important for normal growth and development. Exposure to undernutrition during important developmental periods such as childhood and adolescence can have effects later in life.
Heidi P Fransen +10 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 Background & AimsPrimary hyperparathyroidism(PHPT) has been evolving into a milder asymptomatic disease. No study has assessed the association between famine exposure and such a shift. We aim to explore the effects of China’s Great Famine exposure on
Tian-jiao Yuan +21 more
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Environmental Research LettersFamine still exists in this world, hindering the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 2: zero hunger. The history and the mechanisms of famine have been broadly studied; however, few studies have focused on quantitative and long-term analyses of ...
Soma Funahashi +2 more
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