Household Headship and Nutritional Status: Female-Headed Versus Male/Dual-Headed Households

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 699-709

  Staten, Lisa K ^a,e   Dufour, Darna L ^b,c   Reina, Julio C ^c   Spurr, G B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^d CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0000012612     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1998)10:6<699::AID-AJHB2>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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