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What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Weaker

Prenatal Pollution Exposure and Educational Outcomes

Nicholas J. Sanders
Journal of Human Resources, July 2012, 47 (3) 826-850; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.47.3.826
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vol. 47 no. 3 826-850
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.47.3.826
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received July 1, 2011
  • Accepted October 1, 2011
  • Published online June 20, 2012.
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© 2012 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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    • I. Introduction
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