The impact of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children on child health

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 479-491

  Carlson, Andrea ^a   Senauer, Ben ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Food programs; NHANES; Nutrition; WIC program

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH;

EID: 0038017185     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00135     Document Type: Article

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