Famine and overweight in China

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 296-304

  Luo, Zhehui ^a   Mu, Ren ^b   Zhang, Xiaobo ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 33746389699     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2006.00290.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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