Nutrition and well-being in the late nineteenth century

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 313-341

  Logan, Trevon D ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME; NUTRITION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL IMPACT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746095741     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050706000131     Document Type: Article

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