Study: Child health may suffer in strong economy

Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 06:42 in Health & Medicine

A short-term economic boom is not always a good thing for children in developing nations, according to a new study in the Journal of Political Economy. The study found that when Colombia's coffee trade suddenly booms, illness and mortality rates among children increase in coffee-producing counties...

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