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. 2012 Nov 21;7(11):e49720. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049720

Table 1. Windows of exposure to the 1959–1961 Chinese Great Famine in the 1957–1964 birth cohort, Zhongshan and Nanhai municipalities, Guangdong province, China.

Date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy) Exposure to the famine (January 1959 - September 1961) Age in 2010 (years)
01/01/1957-12/31/1958 Infancy (<2 years postnatal) only 51–53
01/01/1959-09/30/1961 Both fetal development and infancy 49–51
10/01/1961-06/30/1962 Fetal development only 48–49
10/01/1961-12/31/1961 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimester 49
01/01/1962-03/31/1962 1st and 2nd trimester 48
04/01/1962-06/30/1962 1st trimester only 48
07/01/1962-12/31/1964 No exposure (reference group) 46–48