Effects of Malnutrition on Economic Productivity in China As Estimated by PROFILES

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-205

  Ross, Jay ^a   Chen, Chun Ming ^b   He, Wu ^b   Fu, Gang ^b   Wang, Yu Ying ^b   Fu, Zhen Ying ^b   Chen, Ming Xia ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Economic productivity; Iodine nutrition; Iron deficiency; Malnutrition; PROFILES

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEWBORN; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; COMMERCE; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMANS; IODINE; IRON; MALNUTRITION; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0242361267     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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