Feast and famine: Socioeconomic disparities in global nutrition and health

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-31

  Darnton Hill, I ^a   Coyne, E T ^b  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiological transition; Malnutrition; Non communicable diseases; Obesity; Overnutrition; Socioeconomic disparities in health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0032010142     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/phn19980005     Document Type: Article

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