Opportunities for investments in nutrition in low-income Asia

Asian Development Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 246-273

  Norton, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 0000369662     PISSN: 01161105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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