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. 2021 Apr 20;118(16):e2103254118.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2103254118.

Reply to Li et al.: Estimate of the association between TB risk and famine intensity is robust to various famine intensity estimators

Qu Cheng  1 , Philip A Collender  1 , Jennifer R Head  2 , Christopher M Hoover  1 , Jonathan L Zelner  3   4 , Ayesha S Mahmud  5 , Justin V Remais  6
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Reply to Li et al.: Estimate of the association between TB risk and famine intensity is robust to various famine intensity estimators

Qu Cheng et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Birth cohort size by year of birth and by prefecture (colors) in Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China estimated from the 2000 census data (7), adjusted for survival rates estimated from national census data collected in 1964, 1982, and 2000 (8, 9). Shaded areas represent the famine birth cohort (1958 to 1962, dark gray) and the prefamine (1953 to 1957) and postfamine (1963 to 1967) cohorts (light gray).
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