The impact of altitude on infant health in South America

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Wehbya, George L.; Castilla, Eduardo Enrique; López Camelo, Jorge Santiago
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2010
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Several studies report that altitude reduces birth weight. However, much remains unknown about effects in various altitude ranges and about the heterogeneity in altitude effects by fetal health endowments. This study estimates the effects of altitude in South America on the means and quantiles of birth weight and gestational age separately for two large samples born at altitude ranges of 5 to 1,280mand 1,854 to 3,600 m. The study finds significant negative altitude effects on birth weight and gestational age in the low-altitude sample and on birth weight in the high-altitude sample. Altitude effects are larger for infants with very low fetal health endowments. The study finds differences in the effects of several inputs such as socioeconomic status and maternal fertility history and health between the two altitude samples. The study highlights the importance of adverse altitude effects on infant health when evaluating the costs and returns of policies that change the number of individuals who reside at higher altitude in both low and high altitude ranges.
Fil: Wehbya, George L.. University of Iowa; Estados Unidos
Fil: Castilla, Eduardo Enrique. Fundación Oswaldo Cruz; Brasil. Centro de Educación Medica E Invest.clinicas; Argentina
Fil: López Camelo, Jorge Santiago. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular; Argentina
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ALTITUDE
BIRTH WEIGHT
INFANT HEALTH
QUANTILE REGRESSION
SOUTH AMERICA
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The impact of altitude on infant health in South America
title The impact of altitude on infant health in South America
spellingShingle The impact of altitude on infant health in South America
Wehbya, George L.
ALTITUDE
BIRTH WEIGHT
INFANT HEALTH
QUANTILE REGRESSION
SOUTH AMERICA
title_short The impact of altitude on infant health in South America
title_full The impact of altitude on infant health in South America
title_fullStr The impact of altitude on infant health in South America
title_full_unstemmed The impact of altitude on infant health in South America
title_sort The impact of altitude on infant health in South America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Wehbya, George L.
Castilla, Eduardo Enrique
López Camelo, Jorge Santiago
author Wehbya, George L.
author_facet Wehbya, George L.
Castilla, Eduardo Enrique
López Camelo, Jorge Santiago
author_role author
author2 Castilla, Eduardo Enrique
López Camelo, Jorge Santiago
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ALTITUDE
BIRTH WEIGHT
INFANT HEALTH
QUANTILE REGRESSION
SOUTH AMERICA
topic ALTITUDE
BIRTH WEIGHT
INFANT HEALTH
QUANTILE REGRESSION
SOUTH AMERICA
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Several studies report that altitude reduces birth weight. However, much remains unknown about effects in various altitude ranges and about the heterogeneity in altitude effects by fetal health endowments. This study estimates the effects of altitude in South America on the means and quantiles of birth weight and gestational age separately for two large samples born at altitude ranges of 5 to 1,280mand 1,854 to 3,600 m. The study finds significant negative altitude effects on birth weight and gestational age in the low-altitude sample and on birth weight in the high-altitude sample. Altitude effects are larger for infants with very low fetal health endowments. The study finds differences in the effects of several inputs such as socioeconomic status and maternal fertility history and health between the two altitude samples. The study highlights the importance of adverse altitude effects on infant health when evaluating the costs and returns of policies that change the number of individuals who reside at higher altitude in both low and high altitude ranges.
Fil: Wehbya, George L.. University of Iowa; Estados Unidos
Fil: Castilla, Eduardo Enrique. Fundación Oswaldo Cruz; Brasil. Centro de Educación Medica E Invest.clinicas; Argentina
Fil: López Camelo, Jorge Santiago. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular; Argentina
description Several studies report that altitude reduces birth weight. However, much remains unknown about effects in various altitude ranges and about the heterogeneity in altitude effects by fetal health endowments. This study estimates the effects of altitude in South America on the means and quantiles of birth weight and gestational age separately for two large samples born at altitude ranges of 5 to 1,280mand 1,854 to 3,600 m. The study finds significant negative altitude effects on birth weight and gestational age in the low-altitude sample and on birth weight in the high-altitude sample. Altitude effects are larger for infants with very low fetal health endowments. The study finds differences in the effects of several inputs such as socioeconomic status and maternal fertility history and health between the two altitude samples. The study highlights the importance of adverse altitude effects on infant health when evaluating the costs and returns of policies that change the number of individuals who reside at higher altitude in both low and high altitude ranges.
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Wehbya, George L.; Castilla, Eduardo Enrique; López Camelo, Jorge Santiago; The impact of altitude on infant health in South America; Elsevier Science; Economics & Human Biology; 8; 2; 7-2010; 197-211
1570-677X
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CONICET
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CONICET Digital
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