Mother's nutrition knowledge and children's dietary intakes

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 373-384

  Variyam, Jayachandran N ^a   Blaylock, James ^a   Lin, Biing Hwan ^a   Ralston, Katherine ^a   Smallwood, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Household production model; Latent variable; Nutrient intakes; Nutrition education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000021549     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244588     Document Type: Article

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