Interrelationships between power-related and belief-related factors determine nutrition in populations

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Pelto, Gretel H ^a   Backstrand, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Maternal education; Mexico; Scientific knowledge and nutrition inventions; Social determinants of nutrition

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0037229960     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.1.297s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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