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The Cholera Research Laboratory (CRL) has maintained demographic surveillance of a rural population of approximately 260,000 persons in Matlab Thana and adjacent areas in Comilla District, Bangladesh, since 1966. During this period of time, the year 1974 was marked by severe economic hardship in Bangladesh. In Matlab Thana, rice prices increased early in 1974 and remained high until late 1975. Many people in the area could not afford to buy a minimally adequate amount of food, and famine conditions prevailed (1).
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Chowdhury, A.K.M.A. and Chen, L. C. The Dynamics of Contemporary Famine (mimeo). The Ford Foundation, Dacca, Bangladesh, 1977.
Chen, L. C., Huffman, S. L. and Satterthwaite, P. Recent Fertility Trends in Bangladesh: Speculation on the Role of Biological Factors and Socioeconomic Change (mimeo). The Ford Foundation, Dacca, Bangladesh, 1976.
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Chowdhury, A.K.M.A. (1978). Effect of Maternal Nutrition on Fertility in Rural Bangladesh. In: Mosley, W.H. (eds) Nutrition and Human Reproduction. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0790-7_22
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