Confronting dietary energy supply with anthropometry in the assessment of undernutrition prevalence at the level of countries

World Development

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1275-1289

  Nube M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Anthropometry; Asia; Food consumption; Food supply; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0034946139     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(01)00037-7     Document Type: Article

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