Undernutrition overestimated

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-36

  Svedberg, Peter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY DETERMINANT;

EID: 0036820012     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345308     Document Type: Article

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