The appearance of discretionary income: Influence on the prevalence of under- and over-nutrition

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Karp, Robert J ^a   Cheng, Cindy ^a   Meyers, Alan F ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; POVERTY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REVIEW;

EID: 23944475931     PISSN: 14759276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-4-10     Document Type: Review

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