841 million undernourished?

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2081-2098

  Svedberg, Peter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; FAO; Measurements; Monitoring; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MALNUTRITION;

EID: 0033408404     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00102-3     Document Type: Article

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