Child hunger in the developing world: An analysis of environmental and social correlates

Food Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 584-611

  Balk, Deborah ^a   Storeygard, Adam ^a   Levy, Marc ^a   Gaskell, Joanne ^b   Sharma, Manohar ^c   Flor, Rafael ^d  

^a Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Child hunger; Environmental factors; Household; Spatial analysis; Underweight

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FOOD SECURITY; HUNGER; METHODOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WEIGHT;

EID: 28544439203     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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